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Nutrition in South Asia: Why Gender Matters
1. Purnima Menon, PhD Research Fellow International Food Policy Research Institute New Delhi October 30, 2009 NUTRITION IN SOUTH ASIA : WHY GENDER MATTERS
3. Child nutrition in South Asia * For age group 6-59 months 1. National Family Health Survey, India, 2005-06 2. Nepal Demographic Health Survey, 2006 3. Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey, 2004 4. Pakistan Demographic Health Survey, 2007 5. Sri Lanka Demographic Health Survey, 2007
4. Reductions in child underweight from 1988-92 to 2001-2006 Source: Global Hunger Index 2008; Appendix C
12. Why should we improve early childhood nutrition? % Source: Hoddinott et al. Lancet, 2008
13. Improving nutrition in early childhood and adult wage rates Age when exposed to intervention (months) p < 0.01 p < 0.01 p = 0.41 US$ / hour Source: Hoddinott et al. Lancet 2008
14. Pathways by which improving early nutrition increases wages BRAIN BRAWN Source: Behrman et al. in press Child development (early childhood) Height at 3 y Height, strength, CV resistance (adulthood) Schooling 1.2 grade (women) Cognitive skills (adulthood )(0.25 SD) More skilled jobs
15. Drivers of maternal and child undernutrition Social protection and gender policies and interventions are essential to make a difference! Black et al., Lancet 2008
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Notes de l'éditeur
Co-authors Anil Deolalikar, University of California, Riverside Anjor Bhaskar, IFPRI Funding and support Welthungerhilfe
If we look at the trends in the underlying components, we see a relatively steady decline in udner five mortality rates over the last 15 years or so.
Negative effect on hours, positive (insig) effect on total income. But, productivity. 0-2 had greatest impact
The India State Hunger Index 2008 findings highlight the continued overall severity of the hunger situation in India, while revealing the variability in hunger across states within India. It is indeed alarming that not a single state in India is either low or moderate in terms of their hunger index scores; most states have a “serious” hunger problem, and one state, Madhya Pradesh, has an extremely alarming hunger problem