The Other Asian Enigma: Explaining the Rapid Reduction of Undernutrition in Bangladesh
分析了孟加拉国1997-2011年间儿童营养不良率快速下降的原因，发现财富积累和父母教育水平提升是主要驱动因素，健康和卫生条件也起到重要作用。
Although South Asia has long been synonymous with persistent and unusually high rates of child undernutrition – the so called Asian Enigma – Bangladesh has managed to sustain a surprisingly rapid reduction in the rate of child undernutrition for at least two decades. We investigate this unheralded success through a regression and decomposition analysis of changes in child growth outcomes across five rounds of DHS surveys from 1997 to 2011. We find that rapid wealth accumulation and large gains in parental education are the two largest drivers of change, though health, sanitation, and demographic factors have played significant secondary roles.