Moving towards an Outcomes-Oriented Approach to Nutrition Program Monitoring : The India ICDS Program

Moving towards an Outcomes-Oriented Approach to Nutrition Program Monitoring : The India ICDS Program

Focusing on the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), India's largest nutrition and early child development program, this paper describes the political, organizational, and technical challenges in building and sustaining an outcomes-or...

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Main Authors: Adhikari, Saroj K., Bredenkamp, Caryn
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
ACTION PLANS
AGED
ANTENATAL CARE
BENEFICIARIES
BREAST MILK
BULLETIN
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD FEEDING
CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES
CHILD GROWTH
CHILD MALNUTRITION
CITIZEN
CITIZENS
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
CONCURRENT EVALUATION
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA ENTRY
DEVELOPMENT PLANS
E-MAIL
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
EQUIPMENT
EXTERNAL MONITORING
FAMILY HEALTH
FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS
FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION
FOOD SUPPLEMENTS
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH EDUCATION
HOME VISITS
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCE
IDS
ILLNESS
IMPACT EVALUATION
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
INFANT
INFANTS
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
INTERVENTION
IP
JOB TRAINING
LEARNING
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
M&E ACTIVITIES
MALNUTRITION
MATERIAL
MONITORING DATA
NATIONAL COUNCIL
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL PLAN
NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION
NURSING
NUTRITION
NUTRITION MONITORING
NUTRITION OUTCOMES
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OLD CHILDREN
OUTCOME INDICATORS
PEDIATRICS
PERFORMANCE MONITORING
POLITICAL POWER
POLITICAL PROCESS
PRACTITIONERS
PREGNANT WOMEN
PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION
PROCUREMENT
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
PROGRAMS
PROGRESS
QUALITY SERVICES
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
RESULT
RESULTS
RIGHTS OF CHILDREN
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SANITATION
SERVICE DELIVERY
SOCIAL AUDITS
SOCIAL SECTOR
STATE GOVERNMENTS
SUPERVISION
TARGETS
TELEPHONE
TURNOVER RATES
UNDERNUTRITION
WORKERS
YOUNG CHILD
YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/10828857/moving-towards-outcomes-oriented-approach-nutrition-program-monitoring-india-icds-program
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13771
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Summary:Focusing on the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), India's largest nutrition and early child development program, this paper describes the political, organizational, and technical challenges in building and sustaining an outcomes-oriented approach to nutrition program monitoring. The author show that the current policy environment appears to be conducive to strengthening nutrition program monitoring: political commitment is growing, financial allocations to ICDS have increased and, recently, a number of reforms to strengthen the ICDS monitoring and evaluation system have been undertaken. Yet, substantial weaknesses remain. This paper discusses some of the challenges in converting this vision into action and suggests some immediate steps that could be considered both at the central and state levels.

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