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Loading... The Battle Against Hunger: Choice, Circumstance, and the World Bankby Devi Sridhar
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We live in an increasingly prosperous world, yet the estimated number of undernourished people has risen, and will continue to rise with the doubling of food prices. A large majority of those affected are living in India. Why have strategies to combat hunger, especially in India, failed so badly? How did a nation that prides itself on booming economic growth come to have half of its preschool population undernourished?Using the case study of a World Bank nutrition project in India, this book takes on these questions and probes the issues surrounding development assistance, strategies to elimin No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)363.80954Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Other social problems and services Food supplyLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |