Scaling Up Nutrition: What Will It Cost?e

by Ajay Mahal, Christine McDonald, Jana Krystene Brooks, et al.

Action against malnutrition is needed more than ever. An additional US$10.3 billion a year is required from national and international public resources to successfully attack undernutrition worldwide. This would benefit more than 360 million children in the 36 countries with the highest burden of undernutrition--home to 90 percent of the stunted children globally. Since early childhood offers a special window of opportunity to improve nutrition, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082138077X
• ISBN13: 9780821380772
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"