Reducing child undernutrition: how far does income growth take us?

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.creator.identifierHarold Alderman: 0000-0001-8019-6397
cg.creator.identifierLawrence Haddad: 0000-0003-3370-6061
cg.creator.identifierYisehac Yohannes: 0000-0001-7932-1816
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Archive
cg.number137en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorHaddad, Lawrence J.en
dc.contributor.authorAlderman, Harolden
dc.contributor.authorAppleton, Simonen
dc.contributor.authorSong, Linaen
dc.contributor.authorYohannes, Yisehacen
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-24T12:43:59Zen
dc.date.available2024-10-24T12:43:59Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/156387
dc.titleReducing child undernutrition: how far does income growth take us?en
dcterms.abstractHow 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.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHaddad, Lawrence J.; Alderman, Harold; Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina; Yohannes, Yisehac. 2002. Reducing child undernutrition: how far does income growth take us? FCND Discussion Paper Brief 137. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156387en
dcterms.extent2 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfFCND Discussion Paper Briefen
dcterms.issued2002
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/47965en
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectmalnutritionen
dcterms.subjectchildrenen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectincomeen
dcterms.subjectdeveloping countriesen
dcterms.subjectgrowth rateen
dcterms.subjectinvestmenten
dcterms.typeBrief

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