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title: Drought Impact on Child Growth in Africa
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/repec/eee-wdevel-v-182-y-2024-i-c-s0305750x24001724/
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updated: 2026-09-26
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identifier: RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:182:y:2024:i:c:s0305750x24001724
source_url: https://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/redir.pf?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%2Farticle%2Fpii%2FS0305750X24001724%3Bh%3Drepec%3Aeee%3Awdevel%3Av%3A182%3Ay%3A2024%3Ai%3Ac%3As0305750x24001724
featured: 2024-09-10
citations: unknown
topic: Other
---


# Drought Impact on Child Growth in Africa

The research uses remote-sensed and individual data from Sub-Saharan Africa to show that droughts significantly affect child growth, suggesting data-driven policies can help mitigate climate change effects.

- Source: https://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/redir.pf?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%2Farticle%2Fpii%2FS0305750X24001724%3Bh%3Drepec%3Aeee%3Awdevel%3Av%3A182%3Ay%3A2024%3Ai%3Ac%3As0305750x24001724
- Identifier: RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:182:y:2024:i:c:s0305750x24001724
- Released: 2024-09-10
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 65 (2024-09-10): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-09-10/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Other

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