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Klasen, S. (2000): Malnourished and surviving in South Asia,
better nourished and dying young in Africa: What can explain
this puzzle? Collaborative Research Center 386, Discussion Paper
214     This paper examines the factors explaining the very
different relationship between anthropometric shortfall and
child mortality in South Asia and Sub Saharan Africa. While in
the former, very high rates of anthropometric shortfall coexist
with comparatively lower child mortality rates, rates of
anthropometric shortfall in Sub Saharan Africa are much lower,
yet under five mortality is much higher than in South Asia. This
puzzle is examined using a panel data set of undernutrition,
mortality, and their correlates. The analysis suggests that the
unusually high rates of anthropometric shortfall in South Asia
are partially due to the use of a US¡based reference standard
which appears to generate misleading international comparisons
of undernutrition. The very high r