Poverty and Nutrition in Bolivia

by World Bank

• ISBN13: 9780821353783
• ISBN10: 0821353780
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-08
• Publisher: World Bank Publications

Summary

Malnutrition is crippling Bolivia, afflicting approximately one in four babies born there each year. Despite high annual expenditures on improving nutrition and food security, and notwithstanding some stunning successes in the past two decades, the fundamental problem is still not improving.This book begins by defining the nature and extent of the malnutrition problem in Bolivia, its causes, and its occurrence relative to wealth, location, and ethnicity. It goes on to identify the underlying reasons for the failed response, asserting that the most fundamental barrier to progress is a general misunderstanding about the causes of malnutrition and its solutions. The result is that resources are spent on the wrong programs and the wrong segments of the population.

Table of Contents

Abstract	iv
Preface	v
Acronyms and Abbreviations	vii
Acknowledgments	viii
Executive Summary	ix
Introduction	1	(4)
The Nutrition Problem in Bolivia	5	(12)
The Prevalence of Malnutrition	6	(1)
Malnutrition Relative to Wealth, Location, and Ethnicity	7	(2)
The Sources of Malnutrition	9	(3)
The Keystone of a Solution: Proper Feeding of the Under-Two Child	12	(1)
Myths of Malnutrition	13	(4)
The Targeting and Design of Nutrition Programs in Bolivia	17	(8)
Priority Population Targets	18	(1)
Efficient Nutritional Interventions	19	(1)
Budget Analysis	20	(5)
The Implementation and Management of Nutrition Programs in Bolivia	25	(18)
Program Implementation	25	(8)
Management Problems	33	(3)
The Leadership Vacuum	36	(7)
Conclusions and Recommendations	43	(8)
The Weaknesses of the Nutrition Response	43	(2)
General Recommendations	45	(2)
An Action Plan for 2003-4	47	(4)
References	51