TY  - GEN
AU  - Desai, Sonalde
AU  - Haddad, Lawrence James
AU  - Chopra, Deepta
AU  - Thorat, Amit
TI  - Undernutrition and public policy in India: investing in the future
SN  - 9781138666924
U1  - 613.2 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Public health - India
KW  - Nutrition - India
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Maternal health
KW  - Neonatal health
KW  - Child health
N1  - Table of Contents:

Part I The State of Undernutrition in India 
1. The Assessment of Nutritional Status in India During the Dual Nutritional Burden Era 
2. The Elephant in the Dark: Finding Ways to End India’s Hunger and Malnutrition 
3. Commentary – Recent Evidence Shows Slow Improvement in Undernutrition in India 

Part II Identifying the Policy Gaps 
4. Improving Sanitation is a Policy Priority for Children's Human Capital in Rural India: Lessons from Recent Literature and the IHDS 
5. Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and the Nutritional Status of Children in India: Understanding the Linkages and Structuring the Response 
6. Women’s Agency and Child Underweight Rates in India in the Context of Agriculture: A District Level Analysis 
7. Maternal Nutrition: Breaking the Intergeneration Cycle of Malnutrition‐Significance, Challenges and Opportunities 
8. Commentary: Undernutrition in India–A Case of Public Policy in Inertia 

Part III Getting Existing Programs to Work Better 
9. Governance Challenges to Reducing Hunger and Malnutrition in India 
10. What Factors Support or Limit Convergence in Service Delivery to Improve Nutritional Outcomes: A Study of Policies and Programs in India 
11. Tackling Child Malnutrition in India: Achieving the Doable or Chasing the Desirable? 
12. Coordination Failure: Can Multi‐Sectoral Interventions to Tackle Hunger and Malnutrition Succeed In India 
13. Commentary: Untapped Potential of ICDS 

Part III NFSA: How Optimistic Should We Be? 
14. Changes and State-wise Differences in the Nutritional Impact of the Indian Public Distribution System 
15. From the Files to the Fields: The Story of Paddy Procurement in Chhattisgarh


N2  - Despite substantial economic growth, India has one of the highest undernutrition rates in the world; it is home to almost 40 per cent of the world’s stunted children. This volume assesses the status and causes of undernutrition in the country, and examines the effectiveness of policies designed to address undernutrition. The essays tackle wide-ranging themes and challenging issues including nutrition; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); maternal, neonatal and child health; Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS); Public Distribution System (PDS); crop procurement; and National Food Security Act 2013.

With contributions from leading academic researchers, policymakers, as well as civil society representatives, this volume will be indispensable to scholars, teachers and students of public policy, development economics, development sociology, and Indian economy. It will also be useful to government institutions, think tanks and NGOs.

https://www.routledge.com/Undernutrition-and-Public-Policy-in-India-Investing-in-the-future/Desai-Haddad-Chopra-Thorat/p/book/9781138952966
ER  -