Generating Further Reductions of Child Malnutrition in India s BIMARU States: What are the Options Now?

F. James Levinson, Jessica Barney, Lucy Bassett and Werner Schultink

Working Papers in Food Policy and Nutrition from Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Abstract: India's efforts to address malnutrition have been significant and noteworthy. India's Integrated Child Development Program (ICDS) is the largest child nutrition-related program in the world. The prevalence of malnutrition in India dropped more than 20% since 1960, contributing to significant decreases in infant and child mortality.Despite these advances, child malnutrition continues to represent an enormous problem in India, and most particularly in four key states of the country which contribute over 40% of that malnutrition. This paper, drawing heavily on data collected from intensive efforts to upgrade nutrition services in these states, particularly in Bihar, considers the primary constraints inhibiting improved nutrition in these states, and examines means of addressing them.

Keywords: India; malnutrition; children (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2005-10
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