Health and Education

Portliness amidst poverty: evidence from India
Professor Pushkar Maitra was recently invited to discuss the growing problem of obesity in India on the Australia India Institute Podcast.

Conditional cash transfers, preferences and educational aspirations
Dr Diana Contreras Suarez and Professor Lisa Cameron have examined how conditional cash transfer programs affect parental behaviour in Colombia

Disability in Indonesia: What can we learn from the data?
Professor Lisa Cameron and Dr Diana Contreras Suarez examined the nation's disability data.

Effect of oil spills on infant mortality in Nigeria
Professor Roland Hodler (CDES affiliate, University of St. Gallen) and co-researcher have found the causal effects of onshore oil spills on neonatal and infant mortality rates.