What drives and constrains effective leadership in tackling child undernutrition? Findings from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India and Kenya

Food Policy

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 33-45

  Nisbett, Nicholas ^a   Wach, Elise ^a   Haddad, Lawrence ^b   El Arifeen, Shams ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Child nutrition; Leaders; Leadership; Policy; Policy processes; Politics; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; KNOWLEDGE; LEADERSHIP; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

BANGLADESH; ETHIOPIA; INDIA; KENYA;

EID: 84928128935     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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