1. IFPRI 1 Suresh Babu International Food Policy Research Institute Poverty Measurement and Analysis

2. IFPRI 2 Dietary Intake Macro-nutrients Micro-nutrients Health Status Access to food Household income/ expenditures on food Maternal & child care practices Quality & quantity of care Health environment & services Access & quality of health, sanitation & water Policies that encourage -food production -income generation -transfer food in-kind Policies & programs that increase -caregivers access -caregivers resource control -caregivers knowledge, adoption & practice Policies that improve -adequate sanitation -safe water supply -health care availability -environmental safety/ shelter Political & legal Institutions Political commitment, legal structures for implementing food laws Potential resources Poverty/natural resources availability/ agricultural technology Resource control, ownership, use Resource use & pricing policies Adult development and Labor productivity Immediate Causes Underlying Causes Basic Causes Nutrition Security Conceptual Framework of Linking Poverty & Nutrition

3. IFPRI 3 Nutrition Security Dietary Intake Macro-nutrients Micro-nutrients Health Status Access to food Household income/ expenditures on food Maternal & child care practices Quality & quantity of care Health environment & services Access & quality of health, sanitation & water Immediate Causes Labor productivity Adult development

4. IFPRI 4 Policies that encourage -food production -income generation -transfer food in-kind Policies & programs that increase -caregivers access -caregivers resource control -caregivers knowledge, adoption & practice policies that improve -adequate sanitation -safe water supply -health care availability -environmental safety/ shelter Underlying Causes

5. IFPRI 5 Political & legal institutions Political commitment, legal structures for implementing food laws Potential resources Poverty/natural resources availability/ agricultural technology Resource control, ownership, use Resource use & pricing policies Sources: Adapted from UNICEF (1998); Haddad (1999); and Smith and Haddad (2000) Basic Causes