How rapidly will child malnutrition
respond to income growth? This article explores that
question using household survey data from 12 countries as
well as data on malnutrition rates in a cross-section of
countries since the 1970s. Both forms of analysis yield
similar results. Increases in income at the household and
national levels imply similar rates of reduction in
malnutrition. Using these estimates and better than
historical income growth rates, the article finds that the
millennium development goal of halving the prevalence of
underweight children by 2015 is unlikely to be met through
income growth alone. What is needed to accelerate reductions
in malnutrition is a balanced strategy of income growth and
investment in more direct interventions.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Haddad, Lawrence,
Alderman, Harold,
Appleton, Simon,
Song, Lina,
Yohannes, Yisehac |
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| Format: | Journal Article
biblioteca
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
Washington, DC: World Bank
2003-01
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| Subjects: | ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE,
BASIC HEALTH,
CHILD GROWTH,
CHILD MALNUTRITION,
CHILD MORTALITY,
CHILD NUTRITION,
CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS,
CLEAN WATER,
CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA,
COST-EFFECTIVENESS,
DIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS,
DRINKING WATER,
ECONOMIC GROWTH,
FAMILIES,
FARMER,
FOOD CONSUMPTION,
FOOD POLICY,
FOOD SECURITY,
FOOD STAMPS,
HEALTH CARE,
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS,
HEALTH SERVICES,
HEALTH STATUS,
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION,
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA,
HOUSEHOLD HEAD,
HOUSEHOLD INCOME,
HOUSEHOLD SIZE,
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY,
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS,
HOUSING,
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT,
HUNGER,
HYGIENE,
IMMUNIZATION,
INCOME DISTRIBUTION,
INCOME GENERATION,
INCOME GROWTH,
INCOME INEQUALITY,
INCOME POVERTY,
IRON,
LAND VALUE,
LIVING CONDITIONS,
LIVING STANDARDS,
MALNUTRITION,
MALNUTRITION RATES,
MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES,
MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION,
NUTRIENT,
NUTRITION EDUCATION,
NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS,
NUTRITION POLICY,
NUTRITION PROGRAMS,
NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES,
NUTRITIONAL STATUS,
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION,
POLITICAL ECONOMY,
POOR,
POOR COUNTRIES,
POORER HOUSEHOLDS,
POVERTY REDUCTION,
PREGNANT WOMEN,
PRESCHOOL CHILDREN,
PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION,
QUALITY CONTROL,
RURAL,
SAFETY NET,
SANITATION,
SAVINGS,
SCHOOLING,
UNDERNUTRITION,
VIOLENCE,
VITAMIN,
VITAMIN A,
WAGE EARNERS,
WELFARE MONITORING, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/17741959/reducing-child-malnutrition-far-income-growth-take
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17172
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