| Description |
1 online resource (148 pages) |
| Series |
Health, Nutrition & Population |
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Health, Nutrition & Population
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| Contents |
Contents; Figures, Tables, and Boxes; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Overview; 1. Dimensions of Child Undernutrition in India; Figures; Boxes; Tables; 2. The Integrated Child Development Services Program: Are Results Meeting Expectations?; 3. Enhancing the Impact of ICDS?; Appendix: Additional Figures and Tables; Notes; Bibliography |
| Summary |
The prevalence of child undernutrition in India is among the highest in the world, nearly double that of Sub-Saharan Africa, with dire consequences for morbidity, mortality, productivity and economic growth. Drawing on qualitative studies and quantitative evidence from large household surveys, this book explores the dimensions of child undernutrition in India and examines the effectiveness of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)program, India's main early child development intervention, in addressing it. Although levels of undernutrition in India declined modestly during the 1990s |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Integrated Child Development Services (India)
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| SUBJECT |
Integrated Child Development Services (India) fast |
| Subject |
Child welfare -- India
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Malnutrition in children -- India
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Child welfare
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Malnutrition in children
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780821365885 |
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0821365886 |
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