World Bank2013-08-202013-08-202002-120-8213-5378-0https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15203Malnutrition is crippling Bolivia, and the country must now face the political, and bureaucratic failure in addressing malnutrition. This study defines the nature, and extent of the malnutrition problem in the country, identifies the underlying reasons for the failed response, and outlines actions for both immediate, and more long-term results. The study further estimates that less than ten percent of government, and non-government expenditures, with an explicit nutrition, or food security component, is devoted to effective programs serving the neediest - poor pregnant women, and malnourished children under two. Public and private expenditures on nutrition are often misdirected, for although Bolivia did achieve successes in the advancement of nutrition over the past twenty years, the problem of malnutrition still requires action on several fronts. Primarily, nutrition needs a national strategy, and functional leadership, able to provide the population with accurate, and practical nutritional knowledge, prioritizing effective interventions for the most vulnerable. The study suggests improvements in program design, by targeting assistance, and exploiting the opportunities to improve nutrition through water and sanitation, rural development, roads, and education projects, which can have a profound effect on nutrition. Recommendations include the development of nutrition education focused on high-priority population, towards creating a private commission to demand continuity of Government attention to nutrition, as well as community participation in nutrition programming.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGEDAGRICULTUREANNUAL REPORTARIBASIC SERVICESBREASTFEEDINGCHILD FEEDINGCHILD MALNUTRITIONCHILD MORTALITYCHILD MORTALITY RATESCHRONIC MALNUTRITIONCOMPLEMENTARY FOODSCOOKINGCROPSDECENTRALIZATIONDECISION MAKINGDEVELOPMENT GOALSDIARRHEADIETECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMICSEDUCATIONEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMPLOYMENTEXPENDITURESEXTREME POVERTYFAMILIESFAMILY HEALTHFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD FORTIFICATIONFOOD SECURITYFOOD SUPPLEMENTATIONFOOD SUPPLEMENTATION PROGRAMSFORTIFIED FOODSGROWTH MONITORINGGROWTH PROMOTIONHEALTHHEALTH INSURANCEHEALTH INTERVENTIONSHEALTH PROGRAMSHEALTH SERVICESHOUSEHOLD BEHAVIORSHOUSEHOLDSHUMAN RIGHTSHUNGERILLITERACYIMCIIMMUNE SYSTEMINCOMEINFANT MORTALITYINFANTSINTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESSINTERVENTIONIODINEIODINE DEFICIENCYIODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERSIODIZATIONIRONIRON DEFICIENCYIRON SUPPLEMENTSLEARNING DISABILITIESLIVING STANDARDSLOW BIRTH WEIGHTMALNOURISHED CHILDRENMALNUTRITIONMALNUTRITION IN CHILDRENMALNUTRITION RATESMANAGERSMARKETINGMATERNAL MORTALITYMEASLESMEATMEDIAMICRONUTRIENTSMORTALITYNON- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSNURSESNUTRIENT INTAKENUTRIENTSNUTRITIONNUTRITION COUNSELINGNUTRITION EDUCATIONNUTRITION INDICATORSNUTRITION INTERVENTIONSNUTRITION KNOWLEDGENUTRITION OUTCOMESNUTRITION PROBLEMSNUTRITION PROGRAMSNUTRITION STATUSNUTRITION SURVEILLANCENUTRITIONAL STATUSNUTRITIONISTSOLD CHILDRENORSPHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTPHYSICAL GROWTHPOOR CHILDRENPOVERTY REDUCTIONPREGNANCYPREGNANT WOMENPREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITIONPRIVATE SECTORPRODUCTIVITYPUBLIC SECTORRESPIRATORY INFECTIONSROADSRURAL DEVELOPMENTSANITATIONSCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMSSCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMSSOCIAL MARKETINGSOCIAL SERVICESSTUNTINGSUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODSVITAMIN AWASTEWORLD FOOD PROGRAM POVERTY INCIDENCEMALNUTRITIONNUTRITION EDUCATIONNUTRITION INTERVENTIONSNUTRITION PROGRAMSPUBLIC EXPENDITURESFOOD SECURITYMALNUTRITION IN CHILDRENPREGNANT WOMENSTRATEGIC PLANNINGTARGETED ASSISTANCENUTRITION & HEALTH CAREPROGRAM DESIGNINSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONGOVERNMENT ROLECOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONWorld Bank10.1596/0-8213-5378-0