The Impact of Remittances on Nutritional Status of Children in Ecuador

Antón, José María Monsalvo

doi:10.1111/j.1747-7379.2010.00806.x

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“…• Remittances represent a source of savings and capital for investment in education (see Yang, 2008) health (Anton, 2010) and entrepreneurship (see Yang, 2004;Woodruff & Zenteno, 2007;Woodruff, 2007;Massey & Parrado, 1998), all of which have an effect on productivity, employment and ultimately on economic growth and development. • As shown by Aggarwal et al (2010), remittances may influence the growth of financial development in recipient countries.…”

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confidence: 99%

Remittances, financial development and economic growth in Africa

Nyamongo¹,

Misati²,

Kipyegon³

et al. 2012

Journal of Economics and Business

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Section: Impact Of Remittances: What Literature Says?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Remittances, financial development and economic growth in Africa

Nyamongo¹,

Misati²,

Kipyegon³

et al. 2012

Journal of Economics and Business

173

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“…In the current study, we did not assess whether caregivers benefited from monetary remittances received from relatives who worked abroad. Cash remittances are known to improve nutritional outcomes among children living in the Latin American region (35) . This information may be useful in understanding the degree of importance of these characteristics in alleviating food insecurity despite the existence of other established risk factors.…”

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confidence: 99%

Risk factors associated with the presence and severity of food insecurity in rural Honduras

Ben-Davies

Kinlaw

Campo

et al. 2013

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To identify factors associated with the presence and severity of food insecurity among a sample of Honduran caregivers of young children. Design: Cross-sectional study in which the dependent variable, household food insecurity, was measured using a fourteen-item questionnaire developed and validated in a population of similar cultural context. A predictive modelling strategy used backwards elimination in logistic regression and multinomial logit regression models to compute odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals for food insecurity. Setting: Rural Honduras in the department of Intibucá, between March and April 2009. Subjects: Two-hundred and ninety-eight Honduran caregivers of children aged 6-18 months. Results: Ninety-three per cent of households were classified as having some degree of food insecurity (mild, moderate or severe). After controlling for caregiver age and marital status, compared with caregivers with more than primary-school education, those with less than primary-school education had 3?47 (95 % CI 1?34, 8?99) times the odds of severe food insecurity and 2?29 (95 % CI 1?00, 5?25) times the odds of moderate food insecurity. Our results also found that child anthropometric status was not associated with the presence or severity of food insecurity. Conclusions: These results show that among the sociodemographic factors assessed, food insecurity in rural Honduras is associated with maternal education. Understanding key factors associated with food insecurity that are unique to Honduras can inform the design of interventions to effectively mitigate the negative impact of food insecurity on children.

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“…In 2012, international migrants sent over $529 billion abroad (Pew Research Center 2014), a significant portion of which is linked to improved health and well-being for family members who remain behind (Anton 2010;Frank et al 2009;Lindstrom and Munoz-Franco 2006). However, less attention has been given to the health consequences of sending remittances on immigrants themselves.…”

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confidence: 99%