Tackling Malnutrition: What can Targeted Nutritional Interventions Achieve?
Published By: CDS on eSS | Published Date: August, 16 , 1987A key queestion is:
which groups should receive priority in a situation of constrained
resources? Ideally the twin dangers of leaving out malnourished
groups from the purview of the policy, and covering people who
are not malnourished, are t o be avoided. In practice, the policy
analyst has t o decide which of these errors to minimise, since
attempts to reduce one are likaly t o exacerbate the other. The
problem c a l l s for a more c a r e f u l delineation of the objectives
and approaches t o targeting than has been h i t h e r t o done. [Working Paper No. 225]. URL:[http://www.cds.edu/].
Author(s): Gopalakrishna Kumar, Frances Stewart | Posted on: Aug 17, 2011 | Views(1096) | Download (119)