Cost of Poor Child Growth in Developing World: $177B in Lost Wages for Children Born Each Year

Investing in better childhood growth would yield threefold return

Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2016.   Early life growth faltering in low- and middle-income countries results in a US $176.8 billion reduction in potential career earnings for children born each year, according to new Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health research funded by Grand Challenges Canada.

Representing the first in-depth study of the economic impact of early life growth faltering (when a child’s physical…