Child Undernutrition in Pakistan : What Do We Know?
Pakistan has an extraordinarily high and persistent level of child undernutrition. To effectively tackle the problem, the design of public policies and programs needs to be based on evidence. Toward this end, this paper presents a narrative review...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/810811493910657388/Child-undernutrition-in-Pakistan-what-do-we-know http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26501 |
| Summary: | Pakistan has an extraordinarily high and
persistent level of child undernutrition. To effectively
tackle the problem, the design of public policies and
programs needs to be based on evidence. Toward this end,
this paper presents a narrative review of the available
empirical and qualitative literature on child undernutrition
in Pakistan. It summarizes evidence for the country on,
among other things, food consumption, spatial variation and
trends in undernutrition rates, levels and effects of
generally theorized determinants of undernutrition, and
effects of various interventions on undernutrition. Based on
patterns revealed in and insights gained from the cumulative
evidence, the review lays out considerations and suggestions
for further data collection and research, and for policy and practice. |
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