India's struggle against malnutrition-is the ICDS program the answer?

World Development

Volumn 67, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-89

  Jain, Monica ^a  

^a International Food Policy Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development program; Child malnutrition

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; MALNUTRITION; RURAL SOCIETY;

INDIA;

EID: 84908637026     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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