Documents & Reports
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Pakistan – Human Capital Review : Building Capabilities Throughout Life (English)
Pakistan can realize major economic growth and development by investing in its people and their human capital. But the reality is that Pakistan’s human capital is low and has improved only marginally over...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 181130 Document Date: March 23, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ersado,Lire,Hasan,Amer,Geven,Koen Martijn,Kathuria,Ashi Kohli,Baron,Juan,Ahmed, S. Amer
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Pakistan – Human Capital Review : Building Capabilities Throughout Life - Overview (English)
Pakistan can realize major economic growth and development by investing in its people and their human capital. But the reality is that Pakistan’s human capital is low and has improved only marginally over...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 181130 Document Date: March 23, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ersado,Lire,Geven,Koen Martijn,Hasan,Amer,Kathuria,Ashi Kohli,Bhattarai,Manav,Farrakh,Izza,Baron,Juan,May Bend,Ahmed, S. Amer
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Nourishing Tomorrow : Food Systems and Fiscal Policy to Address Obesity in South Asia (English)
Many countries in South Asia (SA) have evolved from having a high burden of undernutrition to having a double burden of malnutrition (DBM), which is a high prevalence of both undernutrition and overweight...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: AUS0003143 Document Date: November 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kathuria,Ashi Kohli,Anand,Deepika,Chakrabarti,Suman
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Safe, Healthy, and Sustainable Diets : Role of Food Regulatory Bodies and Innovations from India (English)
The paper discusses in brief India’s food regulatory system in the context of modernized frameworks and examples of well-developed and mature regulatory systems from five selected developed countries (Australia...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 175283 Document Date: May 31, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kathuria,Ashi Kohli,Anand,Deepika
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Cost Benefit Analysis : Rice Fortification in India (English)
Anemia remains one of the most widespread nutritional deficiencies in the world. Moreover, although anemia prevalence is highest in South Asia and Africa, particularly West Africa, it is not confined to...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 180263 Document Date: March 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Qureshy,Lubina Fatimah,Alderman,Harold H.,Kathuria,Ashi Kohli,Tandon,Ajay,Anand,Deepika,Manchanda,Navneet Kaur,Lamba,Joshita
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Eat Right India: A Case Study - Attempting to Transform India's Food Ecosystem to Advance Public Health and Improve Lives : Eat Right India : A Case Study (English)
This case study attempts to capture the story of Eat Right India, a program developed by the country’s food regulatory body, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), as it is taking shape...
Document Type: Report Report No.: AUS0001363 Document Date: September 11, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kathuria,Ashi Kohli,Anand,Deepika,Mehta,Ishira
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Association of Human Capital with Physical Growth from Birth to Adulthood Evidence from the New Delhi Birth Cohort, India (English)
Undernutrition begins early in life and has lifelong consequences. The cost of undernutrition both for the individual and the economy are substantial. Analyzing data from an Indian cohort, the New Delhi...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 151396 Document Date: June 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sachdev,Harshpal Singh,Kathuria,Ashi Kohli,Sinha,Sikha,Anand,Deepika,Bhargava,Santosh K.
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India Assam - Improving Nutrition and Development Outcomes in Early Years : State Engagement Report (English)
The report is structured into four sections. Following this Introduction is a section that provides the context and rationale of the TA, including the situation of key health and nutrition indicators in...
Document Type: Report Report No.: AUS0001183 Document Date: November 18, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kathuria,Ashi Kohli,Anand,Deepika
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Success Stories with Reducing Stunting : Lessons for PNG (English)
This policy brief examines the case of four countries, Peru, Thailand, Vietnam, and Brazil, that have been successful in achieving large reductions in stunting. The brief outlines the key ingredients of...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 138339 Document Date: January 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kathuria,Ashi Kohli,Arur,Aneesa,Digwaleu-Kariko,Edith Amy Blanche
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India - Unlocking Agribusiness for Inclusive Growth, Jobs, and More : Policy and Investment Priorities (English)
Major changes are occurring in the Indian economy that should inform public policy and investments in the food sector. The main drivers of changes occurring in the Indian economy include rising per capita...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: ACS22434 Document Date: July 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mghenyi,Elliot Wamboka,Kathuria,Ashi Kohli,Narayan,Badri,Gautam,Madhur,Khanna,Aman,Mehta,Meeta,Adjao,Ramziath Teni Ola Abebi
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India - India: ICDS Systems Strengthening & Nutrition Improvement Program (ISSNIP) : P121731 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 04 (English)
Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Document Date: October 16, 2014 Author: Kathuria,Ashi Kohli
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India - Mutisectoral nutrition action in Bihar (English)
India, currently, has one of the highest malnutrition rates in the world. One-third of its children are born with low birth-weight, 43 percent of children under five are underweight, 48 percent are stunted...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: ACS9155 Document Date: June 9, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kathuria,Ashi Kohli,Khanna,Rajni-000271573
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Incorporating nutrition actions in rural livelihoods projects (English)
This Program Guidance Note (PGN) is developed to assist the program planners and implementers of rural livelihoods projects and other stakeholders involved from relevant sectors. The purpose is to analyze...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 98049 Document Date: May 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kathuria,Ashi Kohli,Khanna,Rajni-000271573
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India - India: ICDS Systems Strengthening & Nutrition Improvement Program (ISSNIP) : P121731 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 03 (English)
Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR13735 Document Date: April 15, 2014 Author: Kathuria,Ashi Kohli
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India - Institutional arrangements for nutrition in India : an assessment of capacity (English)
The report consists of the following seven chapters. The present chapter provides the context and the rationale for the study, and outlines the methodology. Chapter two describes the nutrition system in...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: ACS8021 Document Date: March 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kathuria,Ashi Kohli,Orbach,Eliezer,Anand,Deepika
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India - India: ICDS Systems Strengthening & Nutrition Improvement Program (ISSNIP) : P121731 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 02 (English)
Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR11509 Document Date: September 10, 2013 Author: Kathuria,Ashi Kohli
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India - India: ICDS Systems Strengthening & Nutrition Improvement Program (ISSNIP) : P121731 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 01 (English)
Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR8972 Document Date: March 11, 2013 Author: Kathuria,Ashi Kohli