Abstract
Health and nutrition are important as ends in themselves and often are emphasized as critical components of basic needs in LDCs. In addition, they may be channels through which the productivity and distributional goals of LDCs may be pursued effectively if, as is often emphasized, the productivity of low-income individuals in work (such as agricultural labor) and in human capital formation (such as schooling) is enhanced with good health and nutrition.
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Deolalikar, A.B. (1988). The Relationship between Nutrition and Income in Developing Countries. In: Steinmann, G., Zimmermann, K.F., Heilig, G. (eds) Probleme und Chancen demographischer Entwicklung in der dritten Welt. Studies in Contemporary Economics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74103-6_6
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