Turning economic growth into nutrition-sensitive growth

dc.creatorHeadey, Derek D.
dc.date2011
dc.date2024-10-01T13:54:59Z
dc.date2024-10-01T13:54:59Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:04:58Z
dc.descriptionThere is a growing consensus that reducing childhood malnutrition is a critically important goal, but there is far less agreement on what strategies can best achieve the goal. Are more nutrition-specific interventions required, such as food/nutrient supplements or training and education programs? Or does the answer lie in broader social developments such as rising incomes, increased food security, and better access to education, health, infrastructure, and family planning services? These factors can all be seen as facets of integrated socioeconomic growth, but stakeholders rightly point to examples of economic growth leading to little or no reduction in childhood malnutrition. This does not rule out an important role for economic growth, however, provided that its benefits translate into increased food availability, reductions in poverty, and broader social development—that economic growth is “nutrition-sensitive.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/152573
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/93991
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceHeadey, Derek D. 2011. Turning economic growth into nutrition-sensitive growth. 2020 Conference Brief 6. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152573
dc.subjecteconomic growth
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.titleTurning economic growth into nutrition-sensitive growth
dc.typeBrief

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