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P.S. Please correct errata, typo in penultimate para. see bolding below.
("increasing" replacing "decreasing").
In many countries, especially in South Asia, stunting remains high, at 40% to
50% prevalence, declining by less than one percentage point p.a. Nepal is but
one such a case. In Sub-Saharan Africa, recent data from UNICEF for year 2000
suggest that stunting prevalence was constant or INCREASING for 16 of the 22
countries for which data were made available. Unless governments, better
assisted by donors, begin to make concerted efforts to directly target stunting
with a conceptual framework for decentralised service delivery, with particular
support for women groups, prevalence will remain unacceptably high during this
century. Thailand has demonstrated that successful efforts can be generated
Please visit dfid-agriculture-consultation.nri.org.