The cost of hunger: Social and economic impact of child undernutrition in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru

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cepal.callNumberLC/W.260
cepal.docTypeDocumentos de proyectos e investigación
cepal.idProjectWFP/03/080
cepal.idSade37664
cepal.jobNumberLCW260_en
cepal.projectProject "Food and Nutritional Insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean" (WFP/03/080)
cepal.topicEngFOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY
cepal.topicEngHEALTH
cepal.topicSpaSALUD
cepal.topicSpaSEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA Y NUTRICIONAL
cepal.workareaEngSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
cepal.workareaSpaDESARROLLO SOCIAL
dc.contributor.authorMartínez, Rodrigo
dc.contributor.authorFernández, Andrés
dc.contributor.institutionPMA
dc.coverage.spatialEngBOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)
dc.coverage.spatialEngECUADOR
dc.coverage.spatialEngPARAGUAY
dc.coverage.spatialEngPERU
dc.coverage.spatialSpaBOLIVIA (ESTADO PLURINACIONAL DE)
dc.coverage.spatialSpaECUADOR
dc.coverage.spatialSpaPARAGUAY
dc.coverage.spatialSpaPERU
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-17T18:13:23Z
dc.date.available2015-11-17T18:13:23Z
dc.date.issued2009-12
dc.description.abstractThe Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) jointly with the World Program of Food (WFP) and recognized experts of the region developed a methodology that, using secondary information, estimate the opportunity cost derived from undernutrition. This methodology has been successfully applied in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic, where the cost of undernutrition was estimated at 6.7 billion dollars in 2004. The present study covers four countries in South America: Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru. The results indicate that the cost of the malnutrition in these countries reached 4.3 billion dollars in 2005, which is equivalent to 3.3 per cent of the GDP of these countries. The results strongly point out that child undernutrition is not only a problem of health or an unacceptable situation ethically, but it is a national problem, given the enormous social costs and the loss of opportunities that it imposes on the national economy.
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dc.format.extent136 páginas.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/W.260
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/39307
dc.language.isoeng
dc.physicalDescription136 p.
dc.publisherECLAC
dc.publisher.placeSantiago
dc.relation.isPartOfSeriesDocumentos de Proyectos
dc.relation.isPartOfSeriesNo260
dc.relation.translationLanguagespa
dc.relation.translationRecordEl costo del hambre: impacto social y económico de la desnutrición infantil en el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay y Perú
dc.relation.translationUrihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/39306
dc.rights.coarDisponible
dc.subject.unbisEngHUNGER
dc.subject.unbisEngMALNUTRITION
dc.subject.unbisEngCHILD NUTRITION
dc.subject.unbisEngCHILD HEALTH
dc.subject.unbisEngSOCIAL ASPECTS
dc.subject.unbisEngECONOMIC ASPECTS
dc.subject.unbisEngCOSTS
dc.subject.unbisEngECONOMIC INDICATORS
dc.subject.unbisEngNUTRITION STATISTICS
dc.subject.unbisSpaHAMBRE
dc.subject.unbisSpaMALNUTRICION
dc.subject.unbisSpaNUTRICION INFANTIL
dc.subject.unbisSpaSALUD INFANTIL
dc.subject.unbisSpaASPECTOS SOCIALES
dc.subject.unbisSpaASPECTOS ECONOMICOS
dc.subject.unbisSpaCOSTOS
dc.subject.unbisSpaINDICADORES ECONOMICOS
dc.subject.unbisSpaESTADISTICAS NUTRICIONALES
dc.titleThe cost of hunger: Social and economic impact of child undernutrition in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru
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