| Description |
1 online resource (294 pages) |
| Series |
Independent Evaluation Group Studies |
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Independent evaluation studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Findings from Recent Nutrition Impact Evaluations; Chapter 3: Evaluations of World Bank Nutrition Support; Chapter 4: Conclusions; Appendix A: The Impact Evaluations Reviewed; Appendix B: Impact Evaluations of Height, Height for Age, and Stunting; Appendix C: Impact Evaluations of Weight, Weight for Age, and Underweight; Appendix D: Impact Evaluations of Weight for Height and Wasting; Appendix E: Impact Evaluations of Birthweight and Low Birthweight |
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Appendix F: Impact Evaluation BasicsEndnotes; Bibliography; Back cover |
| Summary |
High levels of child malnutrition in developing countries contribute to mortality and have long-term consequences for children?s cognitive development and earnings as adults. Recent impact evaluations show that many different interventions have had an impact on children?s anthropometric outcomes (height, weight, and birth weight), but there is no simple answer to the question?What works?? to address the problem. Similar interventions have widely different results in different settings, owing to differences in local context, the causes and severity of malnutrition, and the capacity for program |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 84-88) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
World Bank |
| Subject |
Malnutrition in children.
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Nutrition -- Developing countries
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Malnutrition in children
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Nutrition
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Developing countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780821384077 |
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0821384074 |
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