The other asian enigma: Explaining the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Bangladesh
South Asia has long been synonymous with persistent and unusually high rates of child undernutrition—the so-called Asian enigma. Yet contrary to this stereotype, Bangladesh has managed to sustain a rapid reduction in the rate of child undernutrition for at least two decades. In this paper we aim to...
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| author | Headey, Derek D. Hoddinott, John F. Ali, Disha Tesfaye, Roman Dereje, Mekdim |
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| description | South Asia has long been synonymous with persistent and unusually high rates of child undernutrition—the so-called Asian enigma. Yet contrary to this stereotype, Bangladesh has managed to sustain a rapid reduction in the rate of child undernutrition for at least two decades. In this paper we aim to understand the sources of this unheralded success with the aspiration of deriving policy-relevant lessons from Bangladesh’s experience. To do so we employ a regression analysis of five rounds of Demographic and Health Surveys covering the period from 1997 to 2011. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1504082025-11-06T07:26:22Z The other asian enigma: Explaining the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Bangladesh Headey, Derek D. Hoddinott, John F. Ali, Disha Tesfaye, Roman Dereje, Mekdim maternal and child health education undernutrition health malnutrition family planning nutrition children hygiene health services South Asia has long been synonymous with persistent and unusually high rates of child undernutrition—the so-called Asian enigma. Yet contrary to this stereotype, Bangladesh has managed to sustain a rapid reduction in the rate of child undernutrition for at least two decades. In this paper we aim to understand the sources of this unheralded success with the aspiration of deriving policy-relevant lessons from Bangladesh’s experience. To do so we employ a regression analysis of five rounds of Demographic and Health Surveys covering the period from 1997 to 2011. 2014 2024-08-01T02:51:44Z 2024-08-01T02:51:44Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150408 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151289 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151162 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35059 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153642 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.09.022 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Headey, Derek D.; Hoddinott, John F.; Ali, Disha; Tesfaye, Roman and Dereje, Mekdim. 2014. The other asian enigma: Explaining the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Bangladesh. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1358. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150408 |
| spellingShingle | maternal and child health education undernutrition health malnutrition family planning nutrition children hygiene health services Headey, Derek D. Hoddinott, John F. Ali, Disha Tesfaye, Roman Dereje, Mekdim The other asian enigma: Explaining the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Bangladesh |
| title | The other asian enigma: Explaining the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Bangladesh |
| title_full | The other asian enigma: Explaining the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | The other asian enigma: Explaining the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | The other asian enigma: Explaining the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Bangladesh |
| title_short | The other asian enigma: Explaining the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Bangladesh |
| title_sort | other asian enigma explaining the rapid reduction of undernutrition in bangladesh |
| topic | maternal and child health education undernutrition health malnutrition family planning nutrition children hygiene health services |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150408 |
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