Undernutrition and Public Policy in India

Investing in the future
Herausgeber: Chopra, Deepta; Haddad, Lawrence; Desai, Sonalde

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Produktbeschreibung

Despite substantial economic growth, India still has one of the highest undernutrition rates in the world; it is home to almost 40 per cent of the world's stunted children. This volume assesses the status and causes of undernutrition in India and examines the effectiveness of policies designed to address it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 586g
• ISBN-13: 9781138952966
• ISBN-10: 1138952966
• Artikelnr.: 43679140

Autorenporträt

Sonalde Desai is Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland College Park, USA, and holds a joint appointment as Senior Fellow at the National Council of Applied Economic Research, India. Lawrence Haddad is Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute's Poverty Health and Nutrition Division, USA. Deepta Chopra is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK, where she leads the work on women's and girls' empowerment. Amit Thorat is Associate Fellow at the National Council of Applied Economic Research, India.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I The State of Undernutrition in India 1. The Assessment
of Nutritional Status in India During the Dual Nutritional Burden Era 2.
The Elephant in the Dark: Finding Ways to End India's Hunger and
Malnutrition 3. Commentary - Recent Evidence Shows Slow Improvement in
Undernutrition in India Part II Identifying the Policy Gaps 4. Improving
Sanitation is a Policy Priority for Children's Human Capital in Rural
India: Lessons from Recent Literature and the IHDS 5. Water, Sanitation,
Hygiene and the Nutritional Status of Children in India: Understanding the
Linkages and Structuring the Response 6. Women's Agency and Child
Underweight Rates in India in the Context of Agriculture: A District Level
Analysis 7. Maternal Nutrition: Breaking the Intergeneration Cycle of
Malnutrition- Significance, Challenges and Opportunities 8. Commentary:
Undernutrition in India-A Case of Public Policy in Inertia Part III
Getting Existing Programs to Work Better 9. Governance Challenges to
Reducing Hunger and Malnutrition in India 10. What Factors Support or Limit
Convergence in Service Delivery to Improve Nutritional Outcomes: A Study of
Policies and Programs in India 11. Tackling Child Malnutrition in India:
Achieving the Doable or Chasing the Desirable? 12. Coordination Failure:
Can Multi-Sectoral Interventions to Tackle Hunger and Malnutrition Succeed
In India 13. Commentary: Untapped Potential of ICDS Part III NFSA: How
Optimistic Should We Be? 14. Changes and State-wise Differences in the
Nutritional Impact of the Indian Public Distribution System 15. From the
Files to the Fields: The Story of Paddy Procurement in Chhattisgarh