03645oam 22007935 450 991078345440332120231219140513.01-280-30600-997866103060080-8213-6400-610.1596/978-0-8213-6399-7(CKB)1000000000225148(EBL)459801(OCoLC)62733192(SSID)ssj0000089267(PQKBManifestationID)11417782(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089267(PQKBWorkID)10088929(PQKB)10982633(MiAaPQ)EBC459801(Au-PeEL)EBL459801(CaPaEBR)ebr10103932(CaONFJC)MIL30600(OCoLC)935270915(The World Bank)ocm61704862(US-djbf)14112550(EXLCZ)99100000000022514820050919d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRepositioning nutrition as central to development a strategy for large scale action /[produced by a team led by Meera Shekar, with Richard Heaver and Yi-Kyoung Lee]Washington, DC :World Bank,[2006]copyright 2006.xix, 246 pages illustrations, color maps ;23 cmDirections in developmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-6399-9 Includes bibliographical references.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; IndexPersistent 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 nutrition central to development. Underweight prevalence among children is the key indicator for measuring progress on non-income poverty and malnutrition remains the world's most serious health problem and the single biggest contributor to child mortality. Nearly a third of children in the developing world are eitherDirections in development (Washington, D.C.)World Bank e-Library.Economic assistanceDeveloping countriesMalnutritionDeveloping countriesNutritionGovernment policyDeveloping countriesPovertyDeveloping countriesDeveloping countriesEconomic conditionsEconomic assistanceMalnutritionNutritionGovernment policyPoverty363.8/56Shekar Meera1483042Heaver Richard1952-1483043Lee Yi-Kyoung1483044World Bank.DLCDLCYDXBAKERIXADLCBOOK9910783454403321Repositioning nutrition as central to development3701037UNINA