India's Undernourished Children : A Call for Reform and Action

This paper explores the dimensions of child undernutrition in India, and examines the effectiveness of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program in addressing it. The paper finds that although levels of undernutrition in India declin...

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Main Authors:	Gragnolati, Michele, Shekar, Meera, Das Gupta, Monica, Bredenkamp, Caryn, Lee, Yi-Kyoung
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGE GROUPS ANEMIA ANTENATAL CARE ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICES CHILD CARE CHILD DEATHS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD FEEDING CHILD HEALTH CHILD MALNUTRITION COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DETERMINANTS OF MALNUTRITION DIABETES DIARRHEA DIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS DISEASES EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FAMILY HEALTH FOLIC ACID FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION FOOD SUPPLY GIRLS GROWTH PROMOTION HEALTH HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH OUTCOMES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUNGER IDD IMMUNIZATION IMR INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFECTION INTERVENTION IODINE IODINE DEFICIENCY IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS IRON IRON DEFICIENCY LEADERSHIP LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MALNUTRITION MEASLES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION MICRONUTRIENTS MILD MALNUTRITION MODERATE MALNUTRITION MORBIDITY MORTALITY NUTRITION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITION POLICY NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITION SERVICES NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL STATUS OVERNUTRITION PARITY PEM PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION PRODUCTIVITY PROTEIN PROTEIN ENERGY MALNUTRITION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH RURAL AREAS SANITATION SCHOOLING SOCIAL RESEARCH STUNTING SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING UNDERNUTRITION UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN VITAMIN A VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY WASTING WEIGHT GAIN WORKERS YOUNG CHILD
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6476657/indias-undernourished-children-call-reform-action http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13644

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spelling	okr-10986-136442021-04-23T14:03:09Z India's Undernourished Children : A Call for Reform and Action Gragnolati, Michele Shekar, Meera Das Gupta, Monica Bredenkamp, Caryn Lee, Yi-Kyoung AGE GROUPS ANEMIA ANTENATAL CARE ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICES CHILD CARE CHILD DEATHS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD FEEDING CHILD HEALTH CHILD MALNUTRITION COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DETERMINANTS OF MALNUTRITION DIABETES DIARRHEA DIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS DISEASES EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FAMILY HEALTH FOLIC ACID FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION FOOD SUPPLY GIRLS GROWTH PROMOTION HEALTH HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH OUTCOMES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUNGER IDD IMMUNIZATION IMR INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFECTION INTERVENTION IODINE IODINE DEFICIENCY IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS IRON IRON DEFICIENCY LEADERSHIP LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MALNUTRITION MEASLES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION MICRONUTRIENTS MILD MALNUTRITION MODERATE MALNUTRITION MORBIDITY MORTALITY NUTRITION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITION POLICY NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITION SERVICES NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL STATUS OVERNUTRITION PARITY PEM PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION PRODUCTIVITY PROTEIN PROTEIN ENERGY MALNUTRITION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH RURAL AREAS SANITATION SCHOOLING SOCIAL RESEARCH STUNTING SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING UNDERNUTRITION UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN VITAMIN A VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY WASTING WEIGHT GAIN WORKERS YOUNG CHILD This paper explores the dimensions of child undernutrition in India, and examines the effectiveness of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program in addressing it. The paper finds that although levels of undernutrition in India declined modestly during the 1990s, the reductions lagged far behind that achieved by other countries with similar economic growth rates. Nutritional inequalities across different states, socioeconomic and demographic groups are large - and, in general, are increasing. The study also finds that the ICDS program appears to be well-designed and well-placed to address the multidimensional causes of malnutrition in India. However, there are several mismatches between the program's design and its actual implementation that prevent it from reaching its potential. The paper concludes with a discussion of a number of concrete actions that can be taken to bridge the gap between the policy intentions of ICDS and its actual implementation. 2013-05-29T18:26:44Z 2013-05-29T18:26:44Z 2005-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6476657/indias-undernourished-children-call-reform-action http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13644 English en_US HNP Discussion paper series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia India
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topic	AGE GROUPS ANEMIA ANTENATAL CARE ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICES CHILD CARE CHILD DEATHS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD FEEDING CHILD HEALTH CHILD MALNUTRITION COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DETERMINANTS OF MALNUTRITION DIABETES DIARRHEA DIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS DISEASES EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FAMILY HEALTH FOLIC ACID FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION FOOD SUPPLY GIRLS GROWTH PROMOTION HEALTH HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH OUTCOMES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUNGER IDD IMMUNIZATION IMR INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFECTION INTERVENTION IODINE IODINE DEFICIENCY IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS IRON IRON DEFICIENCY LEADERSHIP LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MALNUTRITION MEASLES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION MICRONUTRIENTS MILD MALNUTRITION MODERATE MALNUTRITION MORBIDITY MORTALITY NUTRITION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITION POLICY NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITION SERVICES NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL STATUS OVERNUTRITION PARITY PEM PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION PRODUCTIVITY PROTEIN PROTEIN ENERGY MALNUTRITION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH RURAL AREAS SANITATION SCHOOLING SOCIAL RESEARCH STUNTING SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING UNDERNUTRITION UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN VITAMIN A VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY WASTING WEIGHT GAIN WORKERS YOUNG CHILD
spellingShingle	AGE GROUPS ANEMIA ANTENATAL CARE ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICES CHILD CARE CHILD DEATHS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD FEEDING CHILD HEALTH CHILD MALNUTRITION COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DETERMINANTS OF MALNUTRITION DIABETES DIARRHEA DIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS DISEASES EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FAMILY HEALTH FOLIC ACID FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION FOOD SUPPLY GIRLS GROWTH PROMOTION HEALTH HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH OUTCOMES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUNGER IDD IMMUNIZATION IMR INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFECTION INTERVENTION IODINE IODINE DEFICIENCY IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS IRON IRON DEFICIENCY LEADERSHIP LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MALNUTRITION MEASLES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION MICRONUTRIENTS MILD MALNUTRITION MODERATE MALNUTRITION MORBIDITY MORTALITY NUTRITION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITION POLICY NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITION SERVICES NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL STATUS OVERNUTRITION PARITY PEM PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION PRODUCTIVITY PROTEIN PROTEIN ENERGY MALNUTRITION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH RURAL AREAS SANITATION SCHOOLING SOCIAL RESEARCH STUNTING SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING UNDERNUTRITION UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN VITAMIN A VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY WASTING WEIGHT GAIN WORKERS YOUNG CHILD Gragnolati, Michele Shekar, Meera Das Gupta, Monica Bredenkamp, Caryn Lee, Yi-Kyoung India's Undernourished Children : A Call for Reform and Action
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description	This paper explores the dimensions of child undernutrition in India, and examines the effectiveness of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program in addressing it. The paper finds that although levels of undernutrition in India declined modestly during the 1990s, the reductions lagged far behind that achieved by other countries with similar economic growth rates. Nutritional inequalities across different states, socioeconomic and demographic groups are large - and, in general, are increasing. The study also finds that the ICDS program appears to be well-designed and well-placed to address the multidimensional causes of malnutrition in India. However, there are several mismatches between the program's design and its actual implementation that prevent it from reaching its potential. The paper concludes with a discussion of a number of concrete actions that can be taken to bridge the gap between the policy intentions of ICDS and its actual implementation.
format	Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author	Gragnolati, Michele Shekar, Meera Das Gupta, Monica Bredenkamp, Caryn Lee, Yi-Kyoung
author_facet	Gragnolati, Michele Shekar, Meera Das Gupta, Monica Bredenkamp, Caryn Lee, Yi-Kyoung
author_sort	Gragnolati, Michele
title	India's Undernourished Children : A Call for Reform and Action
title_short	India's Undernourished Children : A Call for Reform and Action
title_full	India's Undernourished Children : A Call for Reform and Action
title_fullStr	India's Undernourished Children : A Call for Reform and Action
title_full_unstemmed	India's Undernourished Children : A Call for Reform and Action
title_sort	india's undernourished children : a call for reform and action
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6476657/indias-undernourished-children-call-reform-action http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13644
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India's Undernourished Children : A Call for Reform and Action

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