Reducing child undernutrition: how far does income growth take us?
How rapidly will child undernutrition respond to income growth? This study explores that question using household survey data from 12 countries. In addition, data on the undernutrition rates since the 1970s available from a cross-section of countries are employed in this investigation. Both forms of...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Haddad, Lawrence J. Alderman, Harold Appleton, Simon Song, Lina Yohannes, Yisehac |
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| description | How rapidly will child undernutrition respond to income growth? This study explores that question using household survey data from 12 countries. In addition, data on the undernutrition rates since the 1970s available from a cross-section of countries are employed in this investigation. Both forms of analysis yield similar results. Income increases at household and national levels imply similar rates of reduction in undernutrition. Using these estimates and better-than-historical income growth rates, we find that the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the levels of child underweight by 2015 is unlikely to be met through income growth alone. What is needed is a balanced strategy of income growth and investment in more direct interventions to accelerate reductions in undernutrition. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1563882025-11-06T05:49:14Z Reducing child undernutrition: how far does income growth take us? Haddad, Lawrence J. Alderman, Harold Appleton, Simon Song, Lina Yohannes, Yisehac food security income developing countries malnutrition children nutrition growth rate investment How rapidly will child undernutrition respond to income growth? This study explores that question using household survey data from 12 countries. In addition, data on the undernutrition rates since the 1970s available from a cross-section of countries are employed in this investigation. Both forms of analysis yield similar results. Income increases at household and national levels imply similar rates of reduction in undernutrition. Using these estimates and better-than-historical income growth rates, we find that the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the levels of child underweight by 2015 is unlikely to be met through income growth alone. What is needed is a balanced strategy of income growth and investment in more direct interventions to accelerate reductions in undernutrition. 2002 2024-10-24T12:43:59Z 2024-10-24T12:43:59Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156388 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Haddad, Lawrence J.; Alderman, Harold; Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina; Yohannes, Yisehac. 2002. Reducing child undernutrition: how far does income growth take us? FCND Discussion Paper 137. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156388 |
| spellingShingle | food security income developing countries malnutrition children nutrition growth rate investment Haddad, Lawrence J. Alderman, Harold Appleton, Simon Song, Lina Yohannes, Yisehac Reducing child undernutrition: how far does income growth take us? |
| title | Reducing child undernutrition: how far does income growth take us? |
| title_full | Reducing child undernutrition: how far does income growth take us? |
| title_fullStr | Reducing child undernutrition: how far does income growth take us? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reducing child undernutrition: how far does income growth take us? |
| title_short | Reducing child undernutrition: how far does income growth take us? |
| title_sort | reducing child undernutrition how far does income growth take us |
| topic | food security income developing countries malnutrition children nutrition growth rate investment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156388 |
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