The Nutrition MDG Indicator : Interpreting Progress
This paper argues for more nuance in the
interpretation of progress towards the Nutrition Millennium
Development Goal indicator (halving the prevalence of
underweight children, under 5 years old, by 2015).
Interpretation of a country's performance based on
trends alone is ambiguous, and can lead to erroneous
prioritization of countries in need of donor assistance. For
instance, a country may halve the prevalence by 2015, but
will still have unacceptable high malnutrition rates. This
paper analyses which countries are showing satisfactory and
unsatisfactory progress using the Annual Rate of Change
(ARC), and then introduces the World Health
Organization-classification of severity of malnutrition in
the analysis to provide more nuance. It highlights that a
little less than half of the Bank's client population
is likely to halve underweight by 2015. Although the paper
uses national data only, it flags the risks and recommends
that countries take regional disparities into their
needs-analysis. The paper also argues for more attention to
the other important nutrition indicators, stunting and
micronutrient deficiencies, which remain enormous problems,
and briefly discusses solutions to reducing underweight malnutrition.
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Main Authors: |
Chhabra, Ritu,
Rokx, Claudia |
Language: | English en_US |
Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2004-05
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Subjects: | ALLIANCES,
ANEMIA,
BIRTHS,
CHILD DEATHS,
CHILD GROWTH,
CHILD GROWTH DATA,
CHILD HEALTH,
CHILD SURVIVAL,
CHILDHOOD MORTALITY,
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION,
CLASSIFICATION OF MALNUTRITION,
COMMUNITY NUTRITION,
DETERMINANTS OF MALNUTRITION,
DEVELOPMENT GOALS,
DIET,
DIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS,
EXTREME POVERTY,
FEEDING,
FOOD DISTRIBUTION,
FOOD POLICY,
FOOD SECURITY,
FOOD STAMPS,
GROWTH PROMOTION,
HEALTH CARE,
HOUSEHOLDS,
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT,
HUNGER,
IMCI,
INCOME GROWTH,
INFANTS,
INFECTION,
INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS,
INTERVENTION,
IODINE,
IODINE DEFICIENCY,
IRON,
IRON DEFICIENCY,
LBW,
LIVING STANDARDS,
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT,
LOW BIRTHWEIGHT,
MALNUTRITION,
MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN,
MALNUTRITION RATES,
MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES,
MILK,
MONITORING,
NATURAL DISASTERS,
NUTRITION,
NUTRITION IMPROVEMENT,
NUTRITION INDICATORS,
NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS,
NUTRITION PROGRAMS,
NUTRITION PROJECTS,
NUTRITION SURVEYS,
NUTRITIONAL STATUS,
OBESITY,
POVERTY INDICATOR,
POVERTY REDUCTION,
POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS,
PREGNANT WOMEN,
PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION,
PROTEIN,
PUBLIC HEALTH,
RELIEF FOOD,
ROADS,
RURAL DEVELOPMENT,
RURAL POPULATIONS,
SANITATION,
SCHOOL HEALTH,
SOCIAL INDICATORS,
STUNTING,
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA,
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,
THE GAMBIA,
UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN,
UNDERWEIGHT RATES,
VITAMIN A,
WASTING,
YOUNG CHILD, |
Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/05/6675574/nutrition-mdg-indicator-interpreting-progress
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13624
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