Peter Svedberg

Poverty and Undernutrition

Theory, Measurement and Policy

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Produktbeschreibung

A large share of the population in many developing countries suffer from chronic undernutrition. In this book, Professor Svedberg provides a detailed comparative study of undernutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, the two worst affected areas, and provides crucial advice for all those concerned in development worldwide. The book concentrates on the five challenges that undernutrition creates: what undernutrition is, who the undernourished are, where the undernourished are, when people are undernourished, and why people are undernourished

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Clarendon Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 708g
• ISBN-13: 9780198292685
• ISBN-10: 0198292686
• Artikelnr.: 26623879

Autorenporträt

Peter Svedberg is Professor of Development Economics at the Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Part I
* Background and Introduction
* Characterization and Measurement of Undernutrition: Controversies and
Consensus
* Part II
* A Model of Nutrition and Economic Productivity
* Related Empirical Evidence
* Part III
* Undernutrition: The FAO Estimates
* Calorie Availability in Sub-Saharan Africa
* Calorie Intake and Distribution: Estimates from the Consumption Side
* Minimum Calorie-Expenditure Requirements for Individuals
* From Individual Calorie Requirements to Per-Capita Calorie Cut-Off
Points
* Aggregate Estimations of Prevalence of Undernutrition: Scope for
Improvements?
* Part IV
* Anthropometric Indicators of Undernutrition: Measurements and
Evidence
* Anthropometric Indicators: Measurement and Selection Biases
* Anthropometric Status: An Incomplete Indicator of Undernutrition
* Anthropometric Failure: Morbidity and Mortality Risks
* Part V
* Reasons for Child Mortality and Anthropometric Failure
* Excess Mortality, Economic Growth, and Public Action in Sub-Saharan
Africa
* Growth, Public Action, and Well-Being: What can Sub-Saharan Africa
Learn from Others?
* Synthesis and Conclusions