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dc.contributor.authorWalton, Michaelen
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-27T13:53:50Z
dc.date.available2016-01-27T13:53:50Z
dc.date.issued01/07/2009en
dc.identifier.citationWalton, M. (2009) The Political Economy of India's Malnutrition Puzzle. IDS Bulletin 40(4): 16-24en
dc.identifier.issn1759-5436en
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/8099
dc.description.abstractChild malnutrition in India is shockingly high and is falling unusually slowly in a period of large gains in aggregate prosperity. Yet technical solutions to malnutrition are known. This article suggests the disjunction is a consequence of institutional features of India, in which rent?creation and rent?sharing in an unequal society are central. Economic reforms partially altered relations between the state and business, helping spur growth, but growth is much weaker in rural areas and poorer states. And service delivery remains enmeshed in patronage and populism. This is acutely misaligned with required action on malnutrition that involves provision of complementary public goods, by different agencies, with a key role for front?line workers. Systemic institutional change is going to be a long haul; in the meantime, public action needs to be designed around existing political and organisational realities. Otherwise increased nutrition?related spending will be like pushing on a string.en
dc.format.extent9en
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIDS Bulletin Vol. 40 Nos. 4en
dc.rights.urihttp://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/IDSOpenDocsStandardTermsOfUse.pdfen
dc.titleThe Political Economy of India's Malnutrition Puzzleen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.rights.holder© 2009 The Author. Journal compilation © Institute of Development Studiesen
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1759-5436.2009.00054.xen


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