Contents: A Regional Puzzle of Child Mortality and Undernutrition - The Impact of HIV on Childrens' Welfare - Measuring Pro Poor Growth in Non-Income Dimensions - Estimating Vulnerability to Covariate and Idiosyncratic Shocks.
The Author: Kenneth Harttgen, born in Bremen in 1976, studied economics at the University of Göttingen where he is a research assistant at the chair for development economics. As a Ph.D. student he has also worked as a consultant for several international development agencies on various countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia.