Helping women improve nutrition in the developing world

1990; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1596/0-8213-1415-7

ISSN

0253-7494

Autores

Judith S. McGuire, Barry M. Popkin,

Tópico(s)

Child Nutrition and Water Access

Resumo

No AccessWorld Bank Technical Papers12 Aug 2013Helping women improve nutrition in the developing worldBeating the zero sum gameAuthors/Editors: Judith S. McGuire, Barry M. Popkin, Dimitri VittasJudith S. McGuire, Barry M. Popkin, Dimitri Vittashttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-1415-7SectionsSupplemental MaterialAboutPDF (0.5 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:The purpose of this paper is to link together in a new and creative way the exisitng knowledge about women's market work, reproductive roles, and household production in order to highlight opportunities for helping women improve nutrition. The analysis is based on the hypothesis that women are now engaged in a "zero sum game." This means that in order to take advantage of new technology, market opportunities or even social services to improve nutrition, requires an initial investment of women's time, energy, or income, which may not be available, ironically, without sacrificing their own nutrition or that of their families. Consequently, women's time constraints may partially explain poor participation rates in many development projects. By reviewing the literature (including project documents) in nutrition, agriculture, child development, women in development, health, and economics, the authors point out the linkages and competition among women's life roles. Their conclusions highlight the need to give women access to the necessary productive, intellectual and nutritional resources to solve their own problems. The authors offer a number of suggestions for development planners about using an analysis of women's roles to address nutrition problems in developing countries. Previous bookNext book FiguresReferencesRecommendedDetailsCited ByMaternal employment and children's health in India: An exploratory analysisJournal of Public Affairs, Vol.139 December 2020Nutrition Practices to Grow Healthy Communities22 January 2021Heterogeneous Effects of Maternal Labor Market Participation on the Nutritional Status of Children: Empirical Evidence from Rural IndiaChild Indicators Research, Vol.10, No.318 March 2016Urbanisation and Intra-urban Inequalities in Nutritional Outcomes16 December 2015A System That Delivers: Integrating Gender into Agricultural Research, Development, and Extension19 February 2014Heterogeneous Effects of Maternal Labor Market Participation on Nutritional Status of Children: Empirical Evidence From Rural IndiaSSRN Electronic JournalDietary intakes of women during pregnancy in low- and middle-income countriesPublic Health Nutrition, Vol.16, No.89 October 2012Availability of childcare support and nutritional status of children of non-working and working mothers in urban NepalAmerican Journal of Human Biology, Vol.18, No.21 January 2006Ecuadorian Andean Women's Nutrition Varies with Age and Socioeconomic StatusFood and Nutrition Bulletin, Vol.25, No.31 September 2004Are women overrepresented among the poor? An analysis of poverty in 10 developing countriesJournal of Development Economics, Vol.66, No.1Chapter 8 Women's roles in the agricultural household: Bargaining and human capital investmentsWomen's power and anthropometric status in ZimbabweSocial Science & Medicine, Vol.51, No.10Does Female Disadvantage Mean Lower Access to Food?Population and Development Review, Vol.26, No.3Care and Nutrition: Concepts and MeasurementWorld Development, Vol.27, No.8MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION: Policies and Programs for Control and Their ImplicationsAnnual Review of Nutrition, Vol.19, No.1Education and Perceptions of Social Status and Power among Women in Larteh, GhanaAfrica Today, Vol.46, No.2Fathers' Involvement with Children: Perspectives from Developing CountriesSocial Policy Report, Vol.12, No.11 March 1998Household headship and nutritional status: Female-headed versus male/dual-headed householdsAmerican Journal of Human Biology, Vol.10, No.6Gender, property rights, and natural resourcesWorld Development, Vol.25, No.8The role of men in families: Achieving gender equity and suppor ting childrenGender & Development, Vol.5, No.28 December 2009Economic restructuring, gender and the allocation of timeWorld Development, Vol.23, No.11Meeting the changing health needs of women in developing countriesSocial Science & Medicine, Vol.40, No.1 View Published: May 1990ISBN: 978-0-8213-1415-9 Copyright & Permissions Related RegionsAfricaLatin America & CaribbeanSouth AsiaRelated CountriesBrazilBurkina FasoGhanaIndonesiaRelated TopicsFinance and Financial Sector DevelopmentHealth Nutrition and Population KeywordsNUTRITIONWOMEN'S PARTICIPATIONWOMEN'S ROLEFAMILY RESPONSIBILITIESWOMENCHILD DEVELOPMENTFAMILIESFAMILY PLANNINGHEALTH CAREMARKETINGNUTRITIONAL STATUSQUALITY OF LIFESOCIAL SERVICESWATER POLLUTION PDF DownloadLoading ...

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