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Malnutrition & Poverty
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General - Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development: A Strategy for Large-Scale Action (pdf 136kb)
- The International Development Goals (IDGs): Child Malnutrition as an indicator of Extreme Poverty
- Reducing Child Malnutrition: How far does income growth take us? H Alderman, S. Appleton, L. Haddad, L. Song, Y. Yohannes
How rapidly will child malnutrition respond to GNP growth? This study explores that question using household data from twelve countries. In addition Malnutrition rates since the 1970s available from a cross-section of countries is employed in this investigation. Both forms of analysis yield similar results. Income increases at the household and at the national level imply similar ratess of reduction in malnutrition and at the national level imply similar rates of reduction in malnutrition at the same rate of increased income. Using these estimates we find that goals of halving the levels of child malnutrition in the first two decades of this century set by the 1990 UNICEF World Summit on Children or the 1996 FAO-WHO World Food Summit are unlikely to be met through income growth. Thus a combination of growth and specific nutrition programs will be needed.
- Children's Growth and Poverty in Rural Guatemala- Policy Research Working Paper 2193:
Research confirms that poor child growth outcomes in Guatemala are the result of widespread poverty. The better the parents' education and household income, the less likely children are to suffer from malnutrition. Children also fare better where community infrastructure (such as piped water and garbage disposal) and health care facilities are better.
Gragnolati investigates the extent and determinants of poor child health and nutrition in rural Guatemala, as reflected in attained height.
- Socioeconomic Inequalities in Child Malnutrition in the Developing World- Policy Research Working Paper 2434
Despite the development community's shift in emphasis toward the poor, Malnutrition, like other dimensions of poor health, is concentrated among the worst off. Yet targets are still defined in terms of population averages. Consider, then, this information about malnutrition rates among different economic groups in 20 developing countries, as provided in the document.
The Application of Poverty Indexes and Stochastic Dominance Tests to Nutrition Data, David E. Sahn, David Stifel, Cornell University
The use of nutrition as a measure of poverty is consistent with Amaartya Sen's (1985, 1987) notion of defining poverty based on capabilities and functionings. Nutritional status represents a more direct measure of deprivation than income or expenditures.....(Click on Title to get full-text)
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