Arcand, Jean-Louis.

Undernourishment and economic growth : the efficiency cost of hunger / by Jean-Louis Arcand ; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001. - vi, 60 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. - FAO economic and social development paper, 147 0259-2460 ; .

"This paper investigates the relationship between nutrition and economic growth at the aggregate level by examining the magnitude of the effects of undernourishment on economic growth and identifying the channels of transmission of such effects (direct effects on productivity and via impacts on health). In addition ... other important relationships are investigated: (1) regional differences regarding the impact of under-nourishment on growth; (b) the impact that possible errors in measuring nutritional variables may have on the robustness of the estimated nutrition-growth relationship; and (c) the existence of "nutritional traps," i.e., the vicious circle of low nutrition-low economic growth-low nutrition"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.


Abstracts also in Arabic, French and Spanish.
Abstracts also in Arabic, French and Spanish.

9251045429 (pbk.)

2001421671


Economic development--Econometric models.
Malnutrition--Economic aspects--Econometric models.--Developing countries
Agriculture--Economic aspects--Econometric models..--Developing countries
Food supply--Econometric models.--Developing countries

ეკონომიკა ეკონომიკური განვითარება ეკონომიკური მდგომარეობა სოფლის მეურნეობა განვითარებადიქვეყნების ეკონომიკა საკვების უკმარისობა სოლფის მეურნეობის ეკონომიკური ასპექტები გაერო გაეროს გამოცემები

HD75.5 / .A73 2001

338.1:341.123(06)

HD1417 / .F64 no. 147