Adapting to Undernourishment: The Clinical Evidence and Its Implications

Partha Dasgupta and Debraj Ray

No wp-1987-010, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: In estimating the prevalence of undernourishment in a region or country it has been common practice to choose a benchmark - or, as some would say, a critical limit - which reflects nutrition requirements and then to calculate the percentage of the population falling below the benchmark. (See e.g. Dandekar and Rath, 1971; Reutlinger and Selowsky, 1976; and FAO, 1978.) The logic underlying the choice of the benchmark has varied across studies.

Keywords: Hunger; Labour market; Malnutrition; Poverty measurement; Quantitative research methodology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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