Our findings are similar to previous findings in Pakistan and Ethiopia. Interventions aimed at younger children, under age two, yielded larger effects. Hence, an integrated approach using a combination of interventions, which address all the underlying determinants at the same time, is likely to hold the most promise for reducing the burden of malnutrition in Northern Ghana. Such research should also focus on the effect of policy on the underlying mechanisms that determine malnutrition, in order to understand how public policy can contribute to different elements in the complex framework of malnutrition. Washington, DC,The World Bank.