Child Growth, Shocks, and Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia
利用全国代表性数据，研究发现粮食援助能抵消收成失败对儿童生长的负面影响，但许多受灾社区未获援助，加上贫困和母亲教育不足，儿童发育迟缓率仍居高不下。
Abstract Child stunting in Ethiopia has persisted at alarming rates, despite enormous amounts of food aid, often procured in response to shocks. Using nationally representative data, the study finds that while harvest failure leads to child growth faltering, food aid affected child growth positively and offset the negative effects of shocks in communities that received food aid. However, many communities that experienced shocks did not receive food aid. In sum, while food aid has helped reduce child malnutrition, inflexible food aid targeting, together with endemic poverty and limited maternal education, has left the prevalence of child stunting at alarming levels.