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Nutrition and Development Series
Investing in Child Nutrition in Asia
Written by Joseph Michael M. Hunt and M. G. Quibria

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Ways to halve the world's underweight, stunted, and micronutrient-deficient children, most of whom live in Asia - the objective of the World Summit for Children (WSC) - are prescribed in this publication.

This double volume, which includes country studies, summarizes the findings of a joint effort of the Asian Development Bank and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on investments to address the needs of Asian children and achieve the objective of WSC.

The book

• assesses child nutrition in Asia
• provides a core agenda for funding agencies interested in improving children's prospects
• identifies improved maternal and child nutrition strategies
• estimates 10-year investment requirements to meet WSC goals
• discusses mainstreaming health and nutrition programs for poor women and children
• identifies the success factors in community-based programs to improve child survival and development
• sets priorities for programs encompassing service delivery, social mobilization, management, and capacity building
• highlights the need to reallocate resources from wasteful untargeted public food subsidies to productive and cost-effective purposes

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Contents

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Preface

Investing in Child Nutrition in Asia
John Mason, Joseph Hunt, David Parker, and Urban Jonsson

Linking Community-based Programs and Service Delivery for Improving Maternal and Child Nutrition
Kraisid Tontisirin and Stuart Gillespie

Controlling Micronutrient Deficiencies in Asia
John Mason,Venkatesh Mannar,and Nancy Mock

Women's Status: Levels, Determinants, Consequences for Malnutrition, Interventions, and Policy
Lawrence Haddad

The Role of Caring Practices and Resources for Care in Child Survival,Growth,and Development: South and Southeast Asia
Patrice Engle

Linking Food and Nutrition Security: Past Lessons and Future Opportunities
Howarth Bouis and Joseph Hunt

Nutrition Information Systems for Implementing Child Nutrition Programs
Nancy Mock and John Mason

Opportunities for Investments in Nutrition in Low-income Asia
Susan Horton