The political economy of food and nutrition policies

The political economy of food and nutrition policies
ISBN-10
0801844800
ISBN-13
9780801844805
Category
Social Science
Pages
302
Language
English
Published
1993-01-01
Publisher
Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Author
Per Pinstrup-Andersen

Description

Few nutritionists and economists fully appreciate how the political environment shapes policy and subsequently affects the relevance of their policy recommendations When governments fail to follow the recommendations of nutritionists and economists and are unable to design and implement cost-effective nutrition programs and policies, it is often attributed to “politics” or to lack of “political will” on the part of decisionmakers Past nutrition planning efforts frequently failed to understand the goals and behavior of the various agents and institutions inside and outside the government that, in the final analysis, determine whether the planning effort is successful In The Political Economy of Food and Nutrition Policies, Per Pinstrup-Andersen brings together a group of distinguished authorities to improve the understanding of how nutrition policies are formulated within larger political and economic contexts and how public-sector agencies behave with regard to food and nutrition.

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