Hunger and learning
By: United Nations World Food Programme
Contributors: Howe, Paul; World Food Programme
Series: World hunger series -- 2006
Publisher: World Food Programme; Stanford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Rome; Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Food relief; Intellect -- Nutritional aspects; Children -- Nutrition; Nutrition -- Developing countries; School children -- Food -- Developing countries; Economic development
Notes: "Prepared by a team at the United Nations World Food Programme ... Paul Howe, Policy Adviser, was the lead author"--p. 5

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-182)
Table of contents: title: pt. I: The global hunger situation.  Hunger and development; title: Intermezzo 1: Humanitarian crises in South Asia and Sudan; title: pt. II: Hunger and learning.  Hunger's impact on learning; title: Intermezzo 2: The "window of opportunity" for nutrition; title: Learning's impact on hunger; title: Intermezzo 3: The Jamaican study; title: Practical interventions; title: Intermezzo 4: Increasing adult literacy and reducing hunger in Uganda; title: pt. III: An agenda for national development.  Hunger, learning, and national development; title: Intermezzo 5: Nutrition, learning, and economic growth : the case of Chile; title: Political choices; title: Intermezzo 6: Mobilizing communities to eradicate undernutrition in Thailand; title: The way forward; title: pt. IV: Resource compendium.  Technical compendium: The Poverty and hunger index (PHI); title: Data compendium; title: pt. V: Annexes : Abbreviations and acronyms ; Glossary ; Bibliography ; International Alliance Against Hunger