16. Rosalia, a development poem
ORLANDO LEON (Venezuelan) Translated by C. S. Rosalia Sanchez has 7 children, 12 diseases, 3 abortions and a shanty and garbage for a sociologist’s fruition. Rosalia is 27 years, 100…
15. Viewpoint: Nutrition Planning – What Relevance to Hunger?
The general issues North-South conflict The response of the rich Aid and funding agencies The international bureaucracy The basic questions The planners and the people Research A third world perspective…
14. Hunger and Malnutrition: Outlook for Changes in the Third World*
* For a World Food Assembly collective J. of Trop. Pediatrics, Vol.31, Dec.1985. CLAUDIO SCHUFTAN schuftan@gmail.com The outlook for changes in the hunger and malnutrition issue in the Third World…
13. Low School Performance: Malnutrition or Cultural Deprivation?
Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion, Vol. XXV, 1975. CLAUDIO SCHUFTAN schuftan@gmail.com Abstract Malnutrition and cultural deprivation are not the ultimate causes of poor performance of school age children, although they are…
12. Foreign Aid and its Role in Maintaining the Exploitation of the Agricultural Sector: Evidence from a Case Study in Africa
Evidence of the exploitation: A preamble and five exhibits Sources, uses, and sectoral distribution of foreign aid: A preamble and four exhibits Putting it all together: A final balance sheet…
11. “Household Purchasing-Power Deficit” – A More Operational Indicator to Express Malnutrition
The indicator Uses and potential abuses of the proposed indicator Income generation Income redistribution Food consumption subsidies – Rationing system Conclusions References Ecol. of Food and Nutr., Vol.8, 1979. CLAUDIO…
10. Survey on Attitudes to Nutrition Planning
Food Policy, May 1984. CLAUDIO SCHUFTAN AND WILLIAM BERTRAND schuftan@gmail.com The results of a worldwide survey of nutrition planning professionals attitudes towards nutrition policy are presented The survey was intended…
9. Multidisciplinarity, Paradigms and Ideology in Development Work
Setting the focus An attempt to define the concepts A development paradigm? Multidisciplinarity The role of conceptual frameworks Ideology Ethos and norms Conflicts in the terminology? Subjectivity of the sciences…
8. The Role of Health and Nutrition in Development (Le Rôle de la Santé et de la Nutrition dans le Développement – El Papel de la Salud Y la Nutrición en El Desarrollo)
Abstract – Résumé – Resumen The role of health and nutrition in development Capacity of the current system to alleviate hunger and malnutrition. Abstract – Résumé – Resumen IFDA Dossier…
7. The Challenge of Feeding the People: Chile under Allende and Tanzania under Nyerere
Abstract The conceptualization of malnutrition as a problem and its effects on nutrition policy formulation: A review of the literature The challenge of feeding the people: How it has been…