The importance of women's status for child nutrition in developing countries
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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One in every three preschool-aged children living in developing countries is malnourished. This disturbing yet preventable state of affairs causes untold suffering and, given its wide scale, is a major obstacle to the development process itself. Volumes have been written about the causes of child malnutrition and the actions that can be taken to reduce it— ranging from community-based feeding programs to accelerated economic growth (Smith and Haddad 2000). Until recently, too little attention has been paid to an obviously relevant yet little noticed issue: the role that the capabilities and well-being of children’s caretakers, usually their mothers, play in children’s nutritional well-being. This issue is the subject of this study.
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property, women, gender, developing countries, economic theories, household budget, household consumption, nutrition, farming systems, legal system, policies, education, health, empowerment, agricultural technology, agricultural growth, child care, property rights, natural resources management, agricultural policies, technology transfer, drought, vegetables, fisheries, children