Does nutrition-sensitive aid reduce the prevalence of undernourishment?

This paper examines the impacts of nutrition-sensitive sector aid inflows on the prevalence of undernourishment. We find nutrition-sensitive aid can reduce undernourishment. Estimates suggest that a 10% increase in overall nutrition-sensitive aid would approximately decrease hunger by 1.1% 2 years later on average. Among nutrition-sensitive aid inflows, we find that emergency food aid reduces hunger a year later and that food aid is more...