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Deforestation and child health in Cambodia

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The impact of deforestation on child nutrition and health in poor regions of the world is a crucial topic to understand some of the implications of climate change on the wellbeing of the most vulnerable populations. I combine precise forest loss data with geocoded data from the Cambodian Demographic Health Surveys to investigate the impact of deforestation around the time of birth on child heath. In the baseline analysis I find that exposure to prenatal deforestation lowers birth weight, height-for-age z-scores and weight-for-age z-scores. I explore whether malaria exposure in utero is a potential channel to understand the baseline results. The findings indicate that pregnant women in areas with high rates of deforestation are more likely to be anemic, a proxy for malaria infection.

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  • Fuentes Cordoba, Gabriel, 2024. "Deforestation and child health in Cambodia," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 52(C).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:ehbiol:v:52:y:2024:i:c:s1570677x23001247
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101343
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    Keywords

    Cambodia; Health; Deforestation; Malaria;
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    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • Q23 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Forestry

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