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In the wake of conflict: the long-term effect on child nutrition in Uganda

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The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency from 1986 to 2006 is one of the longest conflicts in Uganda. This paper examines the effect of the LRA insurgency on child nutrition using the 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey. The distance from each village to the border of South Sudan is used as an instrument for identifying the intensity of the conflict. We find that each conflict event in a village lowers weight-for-age z-scores and weight-for-height z-scores for children born after the conflict. We further investigate a possible heterogeneous conflict effect on child nutrition in terms of gender, region, and maternal education. Low household wealth, limited access to healthcare, and poor maternal nutrition appear to be channels through which the conflict inhibits the growth and development of children 5 years after the end of the conflict.

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  • Hoolda Kim, 2019. "In the wake of conflict: the long-term effect on child nutrition in Uganda," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(3), pages 336-355, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:oxdevs:v:47:y:2019:i:3:p:336-355
    DOI: 10.1080/13600818.2019.1578877
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    1. Kreif, Noémi & Mirelman, Andrew & Suhrcke, Marc & Buitrago, Giancarlo & Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo, 2022. "The impact of civil conflict on child health: Evidence from Colombia," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 44(C).

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