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Evidence on Declined Child Stunting in Maharashtra State, India

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Lawrence Haddad presents findings from their latest publication “Maharashtra’s Child Stunting Declines: What has Driven Them?”. The paper attempts to explain why Maharashtra has achieved a rapid improvement in child stunting between 2006 and 2012 from multidisciplinary approaches. The overview is also available on his own website.

Reference
Haddad et al (2014) Maharashtra’s Child Stunting Declines: What is Driving Them? Findings of a Multidisciplinary Analysis.
“So What Drove Maharashtra’s Stunting Declines 2006-2012? New Study” on Development Horizons

*Lawrence Haddad is a Senior Research Fellow in the International Food Policy Research Institute’s Poverty Health and Nutrition Division.

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Author: Ippei TsurugaIppei Tsuruga is Social Protection Programme Manager for Indonesia at International Labour Organization. He has been managing programmes and providing technical contributions to social security reforms at the country level in Indonesia, Viet Nam and Myanmar, and also contributing to research and knowledge management at the ASEAN regional and global levels. He has been involved in various policy discussions and research activities on unemployment benefit, old-age, invalidity and survivors’ benefits, maternity benefit, sickness benefit, and the extension of social protection to workers in the informal economy. He has worked at the ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste, the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Social Protection Department; and JICA Washington D.C. Office, Research Department, Country Office for Kenya, and Africa Department for Kenya, Nigeria and Somalia.

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