Poverty and Undernutrition

Theory, Measurement and Policy
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-19-829268-5
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 380 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 734 g

A large share of the population in many developing countries suffer from chronic undernutrition. In this book, Professor Svedberg provides a detailed comparative study of undernutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, the two worst affected areas, and provides crucial advice for all those concerned in development worldwide. The book concentrates on the five challenges that undernutrition creates: what undernutrition is, who the undernourished are, where the undernourished are, when people are undernourished, and why people are undernourished. The book is divided into five parts: Part I introduces the main paradigms and controversies of undernutrition; Part II deals with the relationship in the individual between calorie intake/expenditure, work effort, body weight, and income; Part III assesses the method of defining and measuring undernutrition based on estimates of gaps between calorie intake and calorie requirements for households; Part IV provides a parallel analysis of the main alternative approach to defining and measuring undernutrition, based on anthropometric assessment, mainly of young children, but also adolescents and adults; Part V analyses the consequences and causes of anthropometric failure, as well as the related policy issues.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Svedberg, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Part I

- Background and Introduction

- Characterization and Measurement of Undernutrition: Controversies and Consensus

- Part II

- A Model of Nutrition and Economic Productivity

- Related Empirical Evidence

- Part III

- Undernutrition: The FAO Estimates

- Calorie Availability in Sub-Saharan Africa

- Calorie Intake and Distribution: Estimates from the Consumption Side

- Minimum Calorie-Expenditure Requirements for Individuals

- From Individual Calorie Requirements to Per-Capita Calorie Cut-Off Points

- Aggregate Estimations of Prevalence of Undernutrition: Scope for Improvements?

- Part IV

- Anthropometric Indicators of Undernutrition: Measurements and Evidence

- Anthropometric Indicators: Measurement and Selection Biases

- Anthropometric Status: An Incomplete Indicator of Undernutrition

- Anthropometric Failure: Morbidity and Mortality Risks

- Part V

- Reasons for Child Mortality and Anthropometric Failure

- Excess Mortality, Economic Growth, and Public Action in Sub-Saharan Africa

- Growth, Public Action, and Well-Being: What can Sub-Saharan Africa Learn from Others?

- Synthesis and Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Svedberg is Professor of Development Economics at the Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University.