The importance of women's status for child nutrition in developing countries
One in every three preschool-aged children living in developing countries is malnourished. This disturbing yet preventable state of affairs causes untold suffering and, given its wide scale, is a major obstacle to the development process itself. Volumes have been written about the causes of child ma...
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| author | Smith, Lisa C. Ramakrishnan, Usha Ndiaye, Aida Haddad, Lawrence J. Martorell, Reynaldo |
| author_browse | Haddad, Lawrence J. Martorell, Reynaldo Ndiaye, Aida Ramakrishnan, Usha Smith, Lisa C. |
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| description | One in every three preschool-aged children living in developing countries is malnourished. This disturbing yet preventable state of affairs causes untold suffering and, given its wide scale, is a major obstacle to the development process itself. Volumes have been written about the causes of child malnutrition and the actions that can be taken to reduce it— ranging from community-based feeding programs to accelerated economic growth (Smith and Haddad 2000). Until recently, too little attention has been paid to an obviously relevant yet little noticed issue: the role that the capabilities and well-being of children’s caretakers, usually their mothers, play in children’s nutritional well-being. This issue is the subject of this study. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1574982025-04-08T18:34:20Z The importance of women's status for child nutrition in developing countries Smith, Lisa C. Ramakrishnan, Usha Ndiaye, Aida Haddad, Lawrence J. Martorell, Reynaldo property women gender developing countries economic theories household budget household consumption nutrition farming systems legal system policies education health empowerment agricultural technology agricultural growth child care property rights natural resources management agricultural policies technology transfer drought vegetables fisheries children One in every three preschool-aged children living in developing countries is malnourished. This disturbing yet preventable state of affairs causes untold suffering and, given its wide scale, is a major obstacle to the development process itself. Volumes have been written about the causes of child malnutrition and the actions that can be taken to reduce it— ranging from community-based feeding programs to accelerated economic growth (Smith and Haddad 2000). Until recently, too little attention has been paid to an obviously relevant yet little noticed issue: the role that the capabilities and well-being of children’s caretakers, usually their mothers, play in children’s nutritional well-being. This issue is the subject of this study. 2003 2024-10-24T12:50:17Z 2024-10-24T12:50:17Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157498 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Smith, Lisa C.; Ramakrishnan, Usha; Ndiaye, Aida; Haddad, Lawrence James; and Martorell, Reynaldo. 2003. The importance of women's status for child nutrition in developing countries. In Household decisions, gender, and development: a synthesis of recent research. Quisumbing, Agnes R., ed. Chapter 6. Pp. 41-52. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157498 |
| spellingShingle | property women gender developing countries economic theories household budget household consumption nutrition farming systems legal system policies education health empowerment agricultural technology agricultural growth child care property rights natural resources management agricultural policies technology transfer drought vegetables fisheries children Smith, Lisa C. Ramakrishnan, Usha Ndiaye, Aida Haddad, Lawrence J. Martorell, Reynaldo The importance of women's status for child nutrition in developing countries |
| title | The importance of women's status for child nutrition in developing countries |
| title_full | The importance of women's status for child nutrition in developing countries |
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| title_short | The importance of women's status for child nutrition in developing countries |
| title_sort | importance of women s status for child nutrition in developing countries |
| topic | property women gender developing countries economic theories household budget household consumption nutrition farming systems legal system policies education health empowerment agricultural technology agricultural growth child care property rights natural resources management agricultural policies technology transfer drought vegetables fisheries children |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157498 |
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