Socioeconomic inequalities in child malnutrition in the developing world
By: Adam Wagstaff, Naoko Watanabe.
Contributors: Watanabe, Naoko.; World Bank. Development Research Group. Poverty and Human Resources.; World Bank. Human Development Network. Health, Nutrition, and Population Team.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2434; Policy research working papers (Online) ;; 2434.
Publisher: World Bank, Development Research Group, Poverty and Human Resources, and, Human Development Network, Health, Nutrition, and Population Team
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Malnutrition in children -- Developing countries.; Malnutrition in children -- Developing countries -- Statistics.; Children, Poor -- Developing countries.
Genres: Statistics.
Description: Despite the development community's shift in emphasis toward the poor, malnutrition, like other dimensions of poor health, is concentrated among the worst off. Yet targets are still defined in terms of population averages. Consider, then, this information about malnutrition rates among different economic groups in 20 developing countries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 17-18).
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"September 2000"--Cover.
Also available in print.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.