Growth is good, but is not enough to improve nutrition
While it is generally agreed that growth is a necessary precondition for reducing poverty, relatively little is known about the relationship between economic growth and nutrition and, hence, how economic policies can be leveraged to improve nutrition. This brief argues that growth is good, but is no...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2011
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| author | Ecker, Olivier Breisinger, Clemens Pauw, Karl |
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| description | While it is generally agreed that growth is a necessary precondition for reducing poverty, relatively little is known about the relationship between economic growth and nutrition and, hence, how economic policies can be leveraged to improve nutrition. This brief argues that growth is good, but is not enough to improve nutrition. During the early stages of development, growth helps reduce the prevalence of calorie deficiency, and, in most countries, agricultural growth plays a key role. But malnutrition becomes less responsive to growth as its prevalence rate declines, so economic diversification into the manufacturing and service sectors becomes necessary to leverage further reductions in malnutrition, especially as people migrate into urban areas. Nevertheless, growth—whether driven by the agriculture or nonagriculture sectors—is insufficient to address child malnutrition and reduce micronutrient malnutrition in all their dimensions. Strategic investments and special programs are needed in the complementary sectors of health and education as well. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1544732025-11-06T07:16:33Z Growth is good, but is not enough to improve nutrition Ecker, Olivier Breisinger, Clemens Pauw, Karl nutrition growth While it is generally agreed that growth is a necessary precondition for reducing poverty, relatively little is known about the relationship between economic growth and nutrition and, hence, how economic policies can be leveraged to improve nutrition. This brief argues that growth is good, but is not enough to improve nutrition. During the early stages of development, growth helps reduce the prevalence of calorie deficiency, and, in most countries, agricultural growth plays a key role. But malnutrition becomes less responsive to growth as its prevalence rate declines, so economic diversification into the manufacturing and service sectors becomes necessary to leverage further reductions in malnutrition, especially as people migrate into urban areas. Nevertheless, growth—whether driven by the agriculture or nonagriculture sectors—is insufficient to address child malnutrition and reduce micronutrient malnutrition in all their dimensions. Strategic investments and special programs are needed in the complementary sectors of health and education as well. 2011 2024-10-01T14:01:43Z 2024-10-01T14:01:43Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154473 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ecker, Olivier; Breisinger, Clemens; Pauw, Karl. 2011. Growth is good, but is not enough to improve nutrition. 2020 Conference Paper 7. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154473 |
| spellingShingle | nutrition growth Ecker, Olivier Breisinger, Clemens Pauw, Karl Growth is good, but is not enough to improve nutrition |
| title | Growth is good, but is not enough to improve nutrition |
| title_full | Growth is good, but is not enough to improve nutrition |
| title_fullStr | Growth is good, but is not enough to improve nutrition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Growth is good, but is not enough to improve nutrition |
| title_short | Growth is good, but is not enough to improve nutrition |
| title_sort | growth is good but is not enough to improve nutrition |
| topic | nutrition growth |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154473 |
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