Most of Africa's Nutritionally Deprived Women and Children Are Not Found in Poor Households
研究发现，撒哈拉以南非洲营养不足的女性和儿童广泛分布在各个财富和消费水平的家庭中，约四分之三不在最贫困的20%家庭中，一半不在最贫困的40%家庭中，挑战了仅针对贫困家庭干预的假设。
Abstract Policymakers often assume that targeting observably poor households suffices in reaching nutritionally deprived individuals. We question that assumption. Our comprehensive assessment for sub-Saharan Africa reveals that undernourished women and children are spread widely across the household wealth and consumption distributions. Roughly three-quarters of underweight women and undernourished children are not found in the poorest 20% of households, and around half are not found in the poorest 40%. Countries with higher undernutrition tend to have higher shares of undernourished individuals in nonpoor households. Intrahousehold inequality accounts in part for our results, but other factors appear to be important, including common health risks.