Since the Education and Population, Nutrition and Health Departments at the
World
Bank recently combined forces to become the Human Development Department
(HDD) they
have produced 4 issues of HDDFLASH. The July Issue containts two interesting
items
which I am posting to CHLICK4HP as two seperate postings. Here is the first.
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Electronic newsletter and archiving service on human development issues
World Bank
Human Development Department (HDD)
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* Capacity, Capital and Calories: 9th Annual Martin Forman Memorial Lecture
* What's New in the HDDFLASH Archive?
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Due to the overwhelming response, we are including an abstract of the
Ninth
Annual Martin Forman Lecture.
Abstract of "Capacity, Capital and Calories," the Ninth Annual Martin
J. Forman Lecture, delivered by Beryl Levinger, Ph.D., on June 10,
1996 in conjunction with the annual meeting of the National Council
for International Health
This lecture offers a conceptual model for human capacity development
and then explores the role of nutrition within that framework.
The concept of "participation opportunity" is essential to the model and
is defined as "any productive interaction that enables
individuals to contribute to the development of their nations,
communities, and families." Participation opportunities span the
course of a person's life cycle and include the chance to go to
school, secure gainful employment, influence civic affairs, raise a
healthy family and protect the environment. Human capacity
development occurs when available participation opportunities are
accessed. The process of accessing existing participation
opportunities creates a mutually reinforcing cycle wherein new
participation opportunities are created for oneself and others.
This model of human capacity development is concerned with activities
that transcend what has been the traditional focus of human capital or
human resource development: the individual as labor force participant.
In contrast, human capacity development is concerned with a broader
range of roles and behaviors. In particular, it is rooted in the very
qualities that make homo sapiens human: creativity, love, learning,
and social interaction. This is reflected in the model's emphasis on
flexibility, collaborativeness, adaptability, and problem-solving
skills in the context of four core domains: family living, livelihood,
civil society and environment. Individuals are, thus, valued in terms
of the many roles they play over the course of their lives: comunity
member, learner, earner, consumer, parent,partner, environmental
steward and citizen. The underlying assumption of the model is that
in each of these roles, individuals make choices that have a direct
and profound bearing on the quality of life that they, their families,
and their fellow citizens will enjoy.
In the context of such a model with its emphasis on participation and
the factors that predispose individuals to participate, the importance
of nutrition as a development discipline grows significantly. There is
a persuasive body of evidence, summarized in the lecture, to suggest
that, throughout the lifespan, an individual's participation behaviors
are profoundly influenced by current and prior nutritional status.
Adaptations to malnutrition generally involve an increase in resting
and inactivity. Such a response is both an individual and societal
problem since those who fail to avail themselves of existing
participation opportunities also fail to create new ones for others.
The lecture concludes with a series of recommendations addressed to
the international development community in general and the
international nutrition community more particularly. Included among
these are the following: 1) the need to move beyond nutritional status
changes and also consider behavioral outcomes associated with
nutrition interventions; 2) the need to link demand for participation
opportunities to nutritional status in project planning,
implementation and evaluation; and, 3) the need to rethink
institutional capacity development in accordance with the paradigm
presented.
For the entire text of this lecture please check the listing in the
archives below - filename conf007
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WHAT'S NEW IN THE HDDFLASH ARCHIVE?
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