Which aid spending categories have the greatest untapped potential to support the reduction of undernutrition? Some ideas on moving forward

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 266-276

  Haddad, Lawrence ^a   Isenman, Paul ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aid; Investments; Nutrition; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; MALNUTRITION; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84905898071     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651403500213     Document Type: Article

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