Reducing child undernutrition: Past drivers and priorities for the post-MDG era

As the post-MDG era approaches in 2016, reducing child undernutrition is gaining high priority on the international development agenda, both as a maker and marker of development. Revisiting Smith and Haddad (2000), we use data from 1970 to 2012 for 116 countries, finding that safe water access, sani...

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Autores principales: Smith, Lisa C., Haddad, Lawrence James
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150075
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description As the post-MDG era approaches in 2016, reducing child undernutrition is gaining high priority on the international development agenda, both as a maker and marker of development. Revisiting Smith and Haddad (2000), we use data from 1970 to 2012 for 116 countries, finding that safe water access, sanitation, women’s education, gender equality, and the quantity and quality of food available in countries have been key drivers of past reductions in stunting. Income growth and governance played essential facilitating roles. Complementary to nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programs and policies, accelerating reductions in undernutrition in the future will require increased investment in these priority areas.
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spelling CGSpace1500752024-10-25T07:58:24Z Reducing child undernutrition: Past drivers and priorities for the post-MDG era Smith, Lisa C. Haddad, Lawrence James undernutrition stunting malnutrition children millennium development goals As the post-MDG era approaches in 2016, reducing child undernutrition is gaining high priority on the international development agenda, both as a maker and marker of development. Revisiting Smith and Haddad (2000), we use data from 1970 to 2012 for 116 countries, finding that safe water access, sanitation, women’s education, gender equality, and the quantity and quality of food available in countries have been key drivers of past reductions in stunting. Income growth and governance played essential facilitating roles. Complementary to nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programs and policies, accelerating reductions in undernutrition in the future will require increased investment in these priority areas. 2015-01-09 2024-08-01T02:50:37Z 2024-08-01T02:50:37Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150075 en Open Access Elsevier Smith, Lisa C.; and Haddad, Lawrence James. 2015. Reducing child undernutrition: Past drivers and priorities for the post-MDG era. World Development 68(April 2015): 180-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.11.014
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children
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Smith, Lisa C.
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Reducing child undernutrition: Past drivers and priorities for the post-MDG era
title Reducing child undernutrition: Past drivers and priorities for the post-MDG era
title_full Reducing child undernutrition: Past drivers and priorities for the post-MDG era
title_fullStr Reducing child undernutrition: Past drivers and priorities for the post-MDG era
title_full_unstemmed Reducing child undernutrition: Past drivers and priorities for the post-MDG era
title_short Reducing child undernutrition: Past drivers and priorities for the post-MDG era
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stunting
malnutrition
children
millennium development goals
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