000			01601nam a22001697a 4500
020			_a9780821344354
082			_a362.19639 _bMEA
100			_aMeasham, Anthony R. _921726
245			_aWasting away : the crisis of malnutrition in India
260			_aWashington D.C. _bWorld Bank _c1999
300			_axi,78p.
440			_aDirections in development series
505			_aCONTENT Foreword vi Acknowledgments ix Acronyms and Abbreviations x Executive Summary 1 Chapter 1 Why Review Nutrition? 5 The Reasons for a Review 6 Chapter 2 Malnutrition in India: A Changing Picture 9 The Current Situation 10 Causes and Consequences of Malnutrition in India 11 Chapter 3 The Response: What India Has Done to Improve Nutrition 15 Nutrition Policy for the Twenty-First Century 17 Current Nutrition Programs: How Well Do They Work? 18 Targeted Food Supplementation 19 MicronutrientPrograms 21 Food Subsidy Programs 22 What Is Wrong in the Aggregate? 23 Government Spending on Nutrition Programs 24 Chapter 4 Meeting the Crisis: What India Must Do 29 Building Commitment and Capacity 30 Enhancing the Quality and Impact of the ICDS Program 34 Strengthening Nutrition Action by the Health Sector 39 Nutrition Security at the Community and Household Levels 42 What Must be Done and What Will It Cost? 44 Notes 48 Statistical Appendix 53 Table 1 Nutrition Spending in Selected States, 1992-95 26 Figure 1 Average Annual Total Government Spending on Direct and Indirect Nutrition Programs, 1995-98 27
700			_aChatterjee, Meera
890			_aUnited States
891			_aFP _aGRATIS
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