Ex Ante Inequality and Under-Nutrition Vulnerability Dynamics: Case Study of the Sundarbans Delta Region, West Bengal, India
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50612#.VEcnlVfHRK0 Author(s) Moumita Mukherjee Affiliation(s) Independent Research Consultant, Atlanta, USA . ABSTRACT In this paper ex ante inequality measure is used to estimate inequality in childhood chronic under-nutrition among different vulnerable subgroups. Ex ante inequality in nutritional achievement is determined by estimating Concentration Index by ranking the sample population as per different contextual absolute and predicted vulnerabilities. Such vulnerabilities include climatic shock induced asset loss, livelihood insecurity, physical accessibility and consumption sacrifice after treatment seeking of childre...