Publication: India - Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in India's Poor States : Reducing Child Mortality in Orissa
Date
2007-05
ISSN
Published
2007-05
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This report builds on the World
Bank's earlier report on the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) in India (2004 report number 30266), which
highlighted the challenges India faces in meeting a number
of the MDGs. The report focuses on the state of Orissa and
is organized as follows: the second chapter provides a brief
background on Orissa. This is followed by a review of recent
trends with infant and child mortality in the state. Chapter
4 introduces a framework for assessing the multitude of
factors which have a bearing on infant and child mortality,
dividing them into four groups: the individual woman/mother;
the family; the community and service provision. Chapter 5
applies the analytical framework to Orissa and this is
followed by a chapter 6 which looks at district level
patterns. The final chapter of the report pulls it
altogether and attempts to answer three questions: what is
needed to bring down child mortality rates in Orissa and
achieve the 11" Five Year Plan and MDG goal; how well
are existing interventions placed to do the job; and where
are the gaps and how can they best be filled. The report
ends with an outline of a possible multi-sectoral program
designed to reduce child mortality in Orissa.
Citation
“World Bank. 2007. India - Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in India's Poor States : Reducing Child Mortality in Orissa. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/932832bc-9e40-51da-b6be-da0b0409d6f2 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”