Table of Contents

Part I
Background and Introduction
Characterization and Measurement of Undernutrition: Controversies and Consensus
Part II
A Model of Nutrition and Economic Productivity
Related Empirical Evidence
Part III
Undernutrition: The FAO Estimates
Calorie Availability in Sub-Saharan Africa
Calorie Intake and Distribution: Estimates from the Consumption Side
Minimum Calorie-Expenditure Requirements for Individuals
From Individual Calorie Requirements to Per-Capita Calorie Cut-Off Points
Aggregate Estimations of Prevalence of Undernutrition: Scope for Improvements?
Part IV
Anthropometric Indicators of Undernutrition: Measurements and Evidence
Anthropometric Indicators: Measurement and Selection Biases
Anthropometric Status: An Incomplete Indicator of Undernutrition
Anthropometric Failure: Morbidity and Mortality Risks
Part V
Reasons for Child Mortality and Anthropometric Failure
Excess Mortality, Economic Growth, and Public Action in Sub-Saharan Africa
Growth, Public Action, and Well-Being: What can Sub-Saharan Africa Learn from Others?
Synthesis and Conclusions

About the Author

Peter Svedberg is Professor of Development Economics at the Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University.

Reviews

This is one of the few books that address all major issues in the area of undernutrition with an admirable comprehensiveness, clarity and competence ... this is a rich and definitive study of the links between undernutrition and poverty ... this is a book of considerable originality and scholarship, and sets standards of analytical rigour that will be hard to surpass in further work on the links between undernutrition and poverty. Development and Change Svedberg's case is well argued ... This is an impressive book, fully justifying the ringing endorsement it receives in Professor Amartya Sen's Foreword. Apart from providing the most comprehensive exposition to date on the 'FAO-WHO debate', it presents complex technical material on the economics of nutrition accessibly for the non-specialist, and addresses other topical policy debates in this area, notably the relationship between poverty and nutrition status. The Journal of Development Studies