This document presents the results derived from the analyses of the cost of undernutrition in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic.
The study shows that not only are the effects reported valid for the countries of Central America and the Domi...
Martínez, Rodrigo
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Fernández, Andrés
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The cost of hunger: Social and economic impact of child undernutrition in Central America and the Dominican Republic
Los costos económicos derivados de la desnutrición infantil son extremadamente elevados. La desnutrición infantil es uno de los principales problemas que enfrenta toda sociedad pues siendo una condición enteramente evitable hoy genera no solo un sufrimiento humano inaceptable sino que impone cost...
Martínez, Rodrigo
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Fernández, Andrés
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El costo del hambre: impacto social y económico de la desnutrición infantil en el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay y Perú
The 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 suc...
Martínez, Rodrigo
,
Fernández, Andrés
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The cost of hunger: Social and economic impact of child undernutrition in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru