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Repositioning nutrition as central to development : a strategy for large scale action / [produced by a team led by Meera Shekar, with Richard Heaver and Yi-Kyoung Lee].

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Repositioning nutrition as central to development : a strategy for large scale action / [produced by a team led by Meera Shekar, with Richard Heaver and Yi-Kyoung Lee].
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Washington, DC : World Bank, c2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Shekar, Meera.
  • Heaver, Richard, 1952-
  • Lee, Yi-Kyoung.
  • World Bank
Description
xix, 246 p. : ill., col. maps; 23 cm.
Summary
"Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development: A Strategy for Large-Scale Action makes the case that development partners and developing countries must increase investment in nutrition programs. This case is based on evidence that the scale of the problem is very large and that nutrition interventions are essential for speeding poverty reduction, have high benefit-cost ratios, and can improve nutrition much faster than reliance on economic growth alone. Moreover, improved nutrition can drive economic growth. The report proposes to the international development community and national governments a global strategy for accelerated action in nutrition."--Jacket.
Series Statement
Directions in development
Uniform Title
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
Subject
  • Developing Countries
  • Economic assistance > Developing countries
  • Malnutrition > Developing countries
  • Nutrition > Government policy > Developing countries
  • Poverty > Developing countries
  • Nutrition Policy
  • International Cooperation
  • Malnutrition > prevention & control
  • Program Development
  • Developing countries > Economic conditions
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-237) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Overview. -- Why invest in nutrition? -- How serious is malnutrition and why does it happen? -- Routes to better nutrition. -- Getting to scale. -- Accelerating progress in nutrition: next steps. -- Annex 1: Country experience with short routes to improving nutrition. -- Annex 2: Long routes to improving nutrition. -- Annex 3: Key priorities for action research in nutrition: a proposal. -- Technical annexes.
ISBN
  • 0821363999
  • 9780821363997
LCCN
^^2005054890
OCLC
61704862
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library