The Cost of Hunger: Social and Economic Impact of Child Undernutrition in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru
2009
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العنوان
The Cost of Hunger: Social and Economic Impact of Child Undernutrition in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru
الناشر
Santiago (Chile): United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 2009.
اللغة(لغات)
English
الوصف
135 p.
الرقم الدولي المعياري للكتاب
WFPWFP365
ملخص
There is a consensus in the region today on the urgent need to eradicate the scourge of hunger and undernutrition. As the Secretary General of the United Nations stated when the study of the cost of hunger in Central America and the Dominican Republic (Panama, 2007) was published, “hunger among boys and girls is a moral issue. But as this study demostrates, it is also a critical economic concern”. In view of the social and economic importance of the problem of hunger and child undernutrition in the region, in 2005 the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) agreed to carry out a joint project for the “Analysis of the economic and social impact of hunger in Latin America”. In 2007 the results for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic were presented. This document presents the estimates for four South American countries: the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru, based on data from 2005. The results show that the economic impact in these countries amounts to between 2.0% and 5.9% of GDP. Up to 95% of the costs are attributed to losses in productivity due to higher mortality rate and lower education levels. Once again, then, it has been shown that not only is the eradication of undernutrition an ethical imperative, but it would also yield benefits. Therefore, any programmes that succeed in reducing the prevalence of undernutrition would have a major impact on the quality of life enjoyed by inhabitants and result in significant savings for society. The greater the problem, the greater the challenge, but also the greater the benefits, especially in terms of countries’ production capacity.
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رقم الاستدعاء
WFP 365
الموارد المرتبطة
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اللغة(لغات)
eng
System Control No.
MON-128364
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