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Nutrition and Development Series
Improving Child Nutrition in Asia

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ISSN: 0379-5721
Publication Date: January 2001
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Improved nutrition can increase the size, improve the health, and raise the performance of children in school and later in life.

A synthesis of a regional study, Reducing Child Malnutrition in Eight Asian Countries by ADB and the UNICEF, Improving Child Nutrition in Asia

  • provides a comprehensive analysis of the nutrition of Asian children
  • describes successful community programs backed by partnerships of government and the private sector
  • estimates the resources needed to reach the goals of the World Summit for Children and the high and preventable costs of not doing so

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Contents

Preliminaries (Preface and Table of Contents) [ PDF: 70kb | 4 pages ]

Chapter 1: Situation Analysis [ PDF: 886kb | 18 pages ]

Chapter 2: Community-based programs and service delivery [ PDF: 311kb | 17 pages ]

Chapter 3: Context and Supporting Policies [ PDF: 175kb | 12 pages ]

Chapter 4: Strengthened nutrition strategies [ PDF: 322kb | 12 pages ]

Chapter 5: Financing and Implementing Programs [ PDF: 117kb | 10 pages ]

Annex 1: Guidelines for RETA country studies. Summary of Outline for RETA Country Papers [ PDF: 105kb | 7 pages ]

Annex 2: Calculations of costs and benefits from the country studies [ PDF: 87kb | 6 pages ]



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