India鈥檚 Struggle Against Malnutrition鈥擨s the ICDS Program the Answer?

Integrated Child Development Scheme is a national programme for combating widespread child malnutrition

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2015
Country:
India
Document Type:
Journal Article
皇冠体育appme:
Food and Nutrition
First published:
1 January 2015
Authors:
Jain, M.

Abstract

Almost half of India鈥檚 children are stunted, endangering their life and human capital formation significantly. India鈥檚 only national program for combating widespread child malnutrition is Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS). Using DHS data from 2005 to 2006 on child-level participation in ICDS, the author assesses the impact of its flagship supplementary nutrition program on children鈥檚 physical growth. Using matching and difference-in-difference estimators, the author find that girls 0鈥�2 years old receiving supplementary feeding intensely are at least 1 cm (0.4 z-score) taller than those not receiving it in rural India. 皇冠体育app estimates are similar for boys aged 0鈥�2 but less robust.

Citation

Jain, M. India鈥檚 Struggle Against MalnutritionIs the ICDS Program the Answer? World Development (2015) 67: 72-89. [DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.10.006]

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