252 million young children in developing countries are undernourished, multidimensionally poor, new global study finds

Nearly half of all children under 5 in developing regions are poor, undernourished or both, according to a report published today by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative at the University of Oxford. The report sheds new light on deprivations in child nutrition and school attendance across the developing world, revealing important information on the scale and complexity of challenges facing children.

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