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Titolo |
Repositioning nutrition as central to development [[electronic resource] ] : 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, D.C., : World Bank, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-30600-9 |
9786610306008 |
0-8213-6400-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (274 p.) |
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Collana |
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Directions in development |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ShekarMeera |
HeaverRichard <1952-> |
LeeYi-Kyoung |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic assistance - Developing countries |
Malnutrition - Developing countries |
Nutrition - Government policy - Developing countries |
Poverty - Developing countries |
Electronic books. |
Developing countries Economic conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Glossary; Overview; Maps; 1 Why Invest in Nutrition?; Figures; Tables; Boxes; 2 How Serious Is Malnutrition and Why Does It Happen?; 3 Routes to Better Nutrition; 4 Getting to Scale; 5 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; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Persistent malnutrition is contributing not only to widespread failure to meet the first MDG-to halve poverty and hunger-but to meet other goals in maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, education, and gender equity. The choice is now between continuing to fail, or to finally make |
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