Haddad, LawrenceAlderman, HaroldAppleton, SimonSong, LinaYohannes, Yisehac2014-02-262014-02-262003-01World Bank Economic Reviewhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/17172How rapidly will child malnutrition respond to income growth? This article explores that question using household survey data from 12 countries as well as data on malnutrition rates in a cross-section of countries since the 1970s. Both forms of analysis yield similar results. Increases in income at the household and national levels imply similar rates of reduction in malnutrition. Using these estimates and better than historical income growth rates, the article finds that the millennium development goal of halving the prevalence of underweight children by 2015 is unlikely to be met through income growth alone. What is needed to accelerate reductions in malnutrition is a balanced strategy of income growth and investment in more direct interventions.en-USCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGOACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTUREBASIC HEALTHCHILD GROWTHCHILD MALNUTRITIONCHILD MORTALITYCHILD NUTRITIONCHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUSCLEAN WATERCONSUMPTION PER CAPITACOST-EFFECTIVENESSDIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONSDRINKING WATERECONOMIC GROWTHFAMILIESFARMERFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD POLICYFOOD SECURITYFOOD STAMPSHEALTH CAREHEALTH INTERVENTIONSHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH STATUSHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITAHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSINGHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUNGERHYGIENEIMMUNIZATIONINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME GENERATIONINCOME GROWTHINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME POVERTYIRONLAND VALUELIVING CONDITIONSLIVING STANDARDSMALNUTRITIONMALNUTRITION RATESMEASUREMENT TECHNIQUESMICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATIONNUTRIENTNUTRITION EDUCATIONNUTRITION INTERVENTIONSNUTRITION POLICYNUTRITION PROGRAMSNUTRITIONAL OUTCOMESNUTRITIONAL STATUSPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOORPOOR COUNTRIESPOORER HOUSEHOLDSPOVERTY REDUCTIONPREGNANT WOMENPRESCHOOL CHILDRENPREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITIONQUALITY CONTROLRURALSAFETY NETSANITATIONSAVINGSSCHOOLINGUNDERNUTRITIONVIOLENCEVITAMINVITAMIN AWAGE EARNERSWELFARE MONITORINGJournal ArticleWorld Bank10.1596/17172