UN: 200 million kids have stunted growth

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Associated Press

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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The UN believes the solution lies in more foreign aid: Philip Stevens, of the IPN, disagrees.

"It is unrealistic to believe malnutrition can be addressed by any top-down U.N. scheme," said Philip Stevens, of International Policy Network, a London-based think tank. "The progress UNICEF's report points to in improving nutrition is almost certainly a result of economic growth, not U.N. strategies."

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