Nutrition and Poverty - WIDER Studies in Development Economics - Osmani, S. R., - Libros - Oxford University Press - 9780198283966 - 27 de mayo de 1993
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This volume deals with an ongoing debate relating to the definition and measurement of nutritional status. It focuses on the problems of measuring undernutrition and its links with poverty, both as a cause and an effect.


Marc Notes: A study prepared for the World Insitute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) of the United Nations University.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-355) and indexes. Publisher Marketing: This volume addresses issues arising from the definition and measurement of poverty in terms of nutritional status. A high degree of nutritional deprivation is considered to be an indicator of poverty. Hence the definition of an appropriate nutritional yardstick and its measurement are of crucial significance for determining the level and magnitude of poverty.

Contributor Bio:  World Institute for Development Economics Research Andres Solimano, a Chilean-Italian national, holds a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is currently Regional Advisor at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC). He is also Director of the project on TheInternational Mobility of Talent with the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in Finland and UN-ECLAC in Santiago. Formerly Country Director at the World Bank in Washington DC and Executive Director for Chile and Ecuador on the Boards of theInter-American Development Bank (IDB) and affiliated institutions, he has published numerous books and authored articles on growth, development, globalization, economic reform, income distribution, international migration, and macroeconomics in professional journals and the media.

Medios de comunicación Libros     Hardcover Book   (Libro con lomo y cubierta duros)
Publicado 27 de mayo de 1993
ISBN13 9780198283966
Editores Oxford University Press
Páginas 384
Dimensiones 167 × 242 × 29 mm   ·   771 g
Lengua Inglés  
Editor Osmani, S. R. (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, World Institute for Development Economics Research)

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