The Nutrition MDG Indicator : Interpreting Progress

The Nutrition MDG Indicator : Interpreting Progress

This paper argues for more nuance in the interpretation of progress towards the Nutrition Millennium Development Goal indicator (halving the prevalence of underweight children, under 5 years old, by 2015). Interpretation of a country's perform...

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Main Authors:	Chhabra, Ritu, Rokx, Claudia
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ALLIANCES ANEMIA BIRTHS CHILD DEATHS CHILD GROWTH CHILD GROWTH DATA CHILD HEALTH CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDHOOD MORTALITY CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLASSIFICATION OF MALNUTRITION COMMUNITY NUTRITION DETERMINANTS OF MALNUTRITION DEVELOPMENT GOALS DIET DIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS EXTREME POVERTY FEEDING FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD POLICY FOOD SECURITY FOOD STAMPS GROWTH PROMOTION HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUNGER IMCI INCOME GROWTH INFANTS INFECTION INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS INTERVENTION IODINE IODINE DEFICIENCY IRON IRON DEFICIENCY LBW LIVING STANDARDS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT LOW BIRTHWEIGHT MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN MALNUTRITION RATES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MILK MONITORING NATURAL DISASTERS NUTRITION NUTRITION IMPROVEMENT NUTRITION INDICATORS NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITION PROJECTS NUTRITION SURVEYS NUTRITIONAL STATUS OBESITY POVERTY INDICATOR POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS PREGNANT WOMEN PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION PROTEIN PUBLIC HEALTH RELIEF FOOD ROADS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POPULATIONS SANITATION SCHOOL HEALTH SOCIAL INDICATORS STUNTING SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THE GAMBIA UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN UNDERWEIGHT RATES VITAMIN A WASTING YOUNG CHILD
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/05/6675574/nutrition-mdg-indicator-interpreting-progress http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13624

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/05/6675574/nutrition-mdg-indicator-interpreting-progress
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13624

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