Poverty and Nutrition in Bolivia (Country Studies)

Type

Book

Authors

World Bank

ISBN 10

0901281867

ISBN 13

9780901281869

ISSN

30000619

Tags

Nutrition, Health Policy, Public Health, Social Sciences, Globalization, Social Services & Welfare

Description

Malnutrition is crippling Bolivia, afflicting approximately one in four babies born there each year. Despite high annual expenditures on improving nutrition and food security, and notwithstanding some stunning successes in the past two decades, the fundamental problem is still not improving.This book begins by defining the nature and extent of the malnutrition problem in Bolivia, its causes, and its occurrence relative to wealth, location, and ethnicity. It goes on to identify the underlying reasons for the failed response, asserting that the most fundamental barrier to progress is a general misunderstanding about the causes of malnutrition and its solutions. The result is that resources are spent on the wrong programs and the wrong segments of the population. - from Amzon

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