Prabhu L. Pingali

2 months ago | journals.plos.org | Payal Seth |Prabhu L. Pingali

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewedResearch Article Citation: Seth P, Pingali P (2025) Addressing information and credit barriers to making India open defecation free and improving child health: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial in rural India. PLoS ONE 20(2): e0318198.

Feb 2, 2024 | epw.in | Payal Seth |Soumya Gupta |Prabhu L. Pingali

Evidence from Rural India To address the missing link that goes beyond the changes in dietary consumption and food expenditures to assess the impact of the pandemic on child undernutrition, specifically anthropometric outcomes, this paper uses primary panel data (pre- and post-COVID-19) from rural India within a child-fixed effects framework. We find that the pandemic is associated with a decline in weight-for-age z-scores, with under-two children being disproportionately affected.