Strengthening Country Commitment to Human Development: Lessons from Nutrition

Malnutrition persists in most developing countries. It contributes to the deaths of 3.4 million children annually and reduces the intelligence, health, and productivity of those who survive. Nutrition programs-indeed all human development programs-...

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Main Author: Heaver, Richard
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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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spelling okr-10986-73102021-04-23T14:02:27Z Strengthening Country Commitment to Human Development: Lessons from Nutrition Heaver, Richard ACTION RESEARCH ADULTS ADVOCACY AGRICULTURE BASIC NEEDS BILATERAL DONORS BLINDNESS CHILD DEATHS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD SURVIVAL COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES DEVELOPMENT GOALS DIARRHEA ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT EPIDEMIOLOGY FAMILIES FOOD INDUSTRY FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY GOITER HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH WORKERS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS IMMUNE SYSTEM INCOME INTERVENTION IODINE IRON LESSONS LEARNED MALARIA MALNUTRITION MANAGERS MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MINISTRIES OF HEALTH MORTALITY MOTHERS MOTIVATION NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION NUTRITION EDUCATION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION MONITORING NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITIONAL STATUS PARENTS PARTNERSHIP POVERTY REDUCTION PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRODUCTIVITY PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ROADS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SCHOOLS SOCIAL MARKETING SUPERVISION UNDERNUTRITION VITAMIN A WORKERS Malnutrition persists in most developing countries. It contributes to the deaths of 3.4 million children annually and reduces the intelligence, health, and productivity of those who survive. Nutrition programs-indeed all human development programs-succeed or fail depending in part on the commitment of politicians, bureaucrats, and communities to properly implement them, both initially and over the long term. Technical, economic, and organizational issues get the lion's share of attention in designing nutrition and other human development programs. But the success of such programs often depends on two variables: whether countries back them with adequate financing and whether countries sustain a commitment to high-quality implementation. This book argues that assessing and strengthening country commitment should therefore become a new field of systematic professional practice. This new field requires expertise in political and policy analysis, organizational behavior, and strategic communication. Focusing on a variety of country programs in nutrition-both successful and failed-the book describes practical ways to assess and strengthen commitment and outlines an agenda for learning by doing. In addition to political will, programs need to build support and commitment across government and civil society, from local leaders to parents. To sustain that commitment, organizational structures and processes must be designed to motivate communities and officials over the 15 to 20 years it takes to successfully implement a national nutrition program. This book will especially appeal to those in the fields of nutrition, public health, community and economic development, and political science. 2012-06-06T19:10:25Z 2012-06-06T19:10:25Z 2005 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5629078/strengthening-country-commitment-human-development-lessons-nutrition 978-0-8213-6037-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7310 English en_US Directions in Development CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic ACTION RESEARCH
ADULTS
ADVOCACY
AGRICULTURE
BASIC NEEDS
BILATERAL DONORS
BLINDNESS
CHILD DEATHS
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MALNUTRITION
CHILD SURVIVAL
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DIARRHEA
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FAMILIES
FOOD INDUSTRY
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD SECURITY
GOITER
HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH WORKERS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
IMMUNE SYSTEM
INCOME
INTERVENTION
IODINE
IRON
LESSONS LEARNED
MALARIA
MALNUTRITION
MANAGERS
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES
MINISTRIES OF HEALTH
MORTALITY
MOTHERS
MOTIVATION
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUTRITION
NUTRITION EDUCATION
NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS
NUTRITION MONITORING
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
PARENTS
PARTNERSHIP
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
PRODUCTIVITY
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
ROADS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SAFETY
SCHOOLS
SOCIAL MARKETING
SUPERVISION
UNDERNUTRITION
VITAMIN A
WORKERS
spellingShingle ACTION RESEARCH
ADULTS
ADVOCACY
AGRICULTURE
BASIC NEEDS
BILATERAL DONORS
BLINDNESS
CHILD DEATHS
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MALNUTRITION
CHILD SURVIVAL
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DIARRHEA
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FAMILIES
FOOD INDUSTRY
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD SECURITY
GOITER
HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH WORKERS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
IMMUNE SYSTEM
INCOME
INTERVENTION
IODINE
IRON
LESSONS LEARNED
MALARIA
MALNUTRITION
MANAGERS
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES
MINISTRIES OF HEALTH
MORTALITY
MOTHERS
MOTIVATION
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUTRITION
NUTRITION EDUCATION
NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS
NUTRITION MONITORING
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
PARENTS
PARTNERSHIP
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
PRODUCTIVITY
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
ROADS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SAFETY
SCHOOLS
SOCIAL MARKETING
SUPERVISION
UNDERNUTRITION
VITAMIN A
WORKERS
Heaver, Richard
Strengthening Country Commitment to Human Development: Lessons from Nutrition
relation Directions in Development
description Malnutrition persists in most developing countries. It contributes to the deaths of 3.4 million children annually and reduces the intelligence, health, and productivity of those who survive. Nutrition programs-indeed all human development programs-succeed or fail depending in part on the commitment of politicians, bureaucrats, and communities to properly implement them, both initially and over the long term. Technical, economic, and organizational issues get the lion's share of attention in designing nutrition and other human development programs. But the success of such programs often depends on two variables: whether countries back them with adequate financing and whether countries sustain a commitment to high-quality implementation. This book argues that assessing and strengthening country commitment should therefore become a new field of systematic professional practice. This new field requires expertise in political and policy analysis, organizational behavior, and strategic communication. Focusing on a variety of country programs in nutrition-both successful and failed-the book describes practical ways to assess and strengthen commitment and outlines an agenda for learning by doing. In addition to political will, programs need to build support and commitment across government and civil society, from local leaders to parents. To sustain that commitment, organizational structures and processes must be designed to motivate communities and officials over the 15 to 20 years it takes to successfully implement a national nutrition program. This book will especially appeal to those in the fields of nutrition, public health, community and economic development, and political science.
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author Heaver, Richard
author_facet Heaver, Richard
author_sort Heaver, Richard
title Strengthening Country Commitment to Human Development: Lessons from Nutrition
title_short Strengthening Country Commitment to Human Development: Lessons from Nutrition
title_full Strengthening Country Commitment to Human Development: Lessons from Nutrition
title_fullStr Strengthening Country Commitment to Human Development: Lessons from Nutrition
title_full_unstemmed Strengthening Country Commitment to Human Development: Lessons from Nutrition
title_sort strengthening country commitment to human development: lessons from nutrition
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5629078/strengthening-country-commitment-human-development-lessons-nutrition
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