Poverty and Undernutrition: Theory, Measurement and Policy

by Peter Svedberg

Almost 1 billion people suffer from undernutrition in developing countries. In this book, Professor Svedberg provides a detailed analytical study of undernutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa, the worst affected area, and provides crucial advice for all those concerned in development worldwide. The book concentrates on the five challenges that undernutrition creates: what undernutrition is, who the undernourished are, where the undernourished are, when...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198292686
• ISBN13: 9780198292685
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"