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MEETINGS
- Annual Network Meeting , San Francisco, June 15, 2003
- IHEA World Congress , San Francisco, June 15-18, 2003
- ISHED session at IHEA World Congress
PROJECTS
- Linda Adair and Tom Mroz, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and colleagues at the University of San Carlos, the Philippines are measuring the effect of health on education and work in Filipino youth. The research is expected to demonstrate how multiple aspects of health care and nutrition at an early age influence school performance and future earnings both through impacts on physical and intellectual abilities.
- Jere Behrman of the University of Pennsylvania, Beth King at The World Bank and colleagues at the University of San Carlos, the Philippines are performing a longitudinal study of Filipino early childhood development. The research will pinpoint how early childhood interventions may improve children's performance in school and identify how conditions in the family and community affect that connection.
- Anne Case and Angus Deaton of Princeton University are collaborating with faculty at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa to investigate the interrelationships between poverty, inequality, and health in economic development. The researchers will use survey data to investigate how social status and income inequality affect health and well-being of people of all ages in South Africa.
- A. Magdalena Hurtado of the University of New Mexico is working with the Centro de Salud in Igatimi, Paraguay to study how ethnicity affects the connections between health and economic outcomes among indigenous populations. The researchers will examine the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of community-based health improvements.
- Reynaldo Martorell of Emory University and colleagues
at IFPRI as well as the Instituto de Nutricion de Centro America y Panama in Guatemala City,
Guatemala are collaborating on a study examining links between early nutrition,
human capital, and economic productivity. The researchers will explore
how better nutrition during early childhood can improve a person's health
and mental health status and ability to be productive as an adult in th
e workplace.
- Edward Miguel
of the University of California, Berkeley are developing a project with the Ministry of Health in Nairobi, Kenya to examine how a specific improvement in child health can affect educational and employment prospects in western Kenya. The researchers will also explore what factors most affect a family's decision to adopt a new health care tool for their children. - Mark Pauly of the University of Pennsylvania is
collaborating with colleagues at the University of Natal in Durban,
South Africa to assess the impact of poor health and HIV/AIDS on
small businesses and the local economies where they are located
in South Africa.
- Pia Malaney and Jeffrey Sachs of Harvard University are working with
colleagues at the Regional Malaria Control Commission in Durban,
South Africa, to measure the economic impact of malaria in southern Africa.
- Jonathan Simon
of Boston University are working with the U.S. Army Medical Research Unit in Kericho, Kenya and the Kenya Medical Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya to study the impact of diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS on agricultural labor productivity and economic development in western Kenya.- Elizabeth Frankenberg, UCLA, James P. Smith, RAND, and Duncan Thomas
, UCLA along with colleagues at Cornell and University of Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia are using longitudinal survey data to examine how the health status and changes in health of individuals affects the work they do, how much they work, their purchasing and savings behavior, and other important economic measures. In addition, they will conduct a random assignment nutrition supplement to pin down the causal effects of health status on these economic outcomes.