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Undernutrition and public policy in India : Investing in the future.

Desai Sonalde

Undernutrition and public policy in India : Investing in the future. - New Delhi Routledge 2015 - 335p xx

Table of contents;
Introduction;
Amit Thorat, Deepta Chopra, Lawrence Haddad & Sonalde Desai;
Part I The State of Undernutrition in India ;
1. The Assessment of Nutritional Status in India During the Dual Nutritional Burden Era Prema Ramachandran ;
2. The Elephant in the Dark: Finding Ways to End India's Hunger and Malnutrition Harsh Mander ;
3. Commentary - Recent Evidence Shows Slow Improvement in Undernutrition in India Amit Thorat & Sonalde Desai;
Part II Identifying the Policy Gaps ;
4. Improving Sanitation is a Policy Priority for Children's Human Capital in Rural India: Lessons from Recent Literature and the IHDS Dean Spears ;
5. Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and the Nutritional Status of Children in India: Understanding the Linkages and Structuring the Response Frank Cronin et al;
6. Women's Agency and Child Underweight Rates in India in the Context of Agriculture: A District Level Analysis Swarna Sadasivam Vepa et al ;
7. Maternal Nutrition: Breaking the Intergeneration Cycle of Malnutrition-Significance, Challenges and Opportunities Sheila C. Vir;
8. Commentary: Undernutrition in India-A Case of Public Policy in Inertia Veena Rao Part III Getting Existing Programs to Work Better;
9. Governance Challenges to Reducing Hunger and Malnutrition in India Naresh C. Saxena; 10. What Factors Support or Limit Convergence in Service Delivery to Improve Nutritional Outcomes: A Study of Policies and Programs in India Rashmi Avula;
11. Tackling Child Malnutrition in India: Achieving the Doable or Chasing the Desirable? Satish Agnihotri;
12. Coordination Failure: Can Multi-Sectoral Interventions to Tackle Hunger and Malnutrition Succeed In India Santosh Mehrotra ;
13. Commentary: Untapped Potential of ICDS Arti Ahuja Part III NFSA: How Optimistic Should We Be?
14. Changes and State-wise Differences in the Nutritional Impact of the Indian Public Distribution System Tara Kaul ;
15. From the Files to the Fields: The Story of Paddy Procurement in Chhattisgarh Biraj Patnaik;


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