NFHS data puzzles: Why do we have more toilets but more child stunting?

Decline in GDP of 2020 will adversely affect purchasing power of many households and also five key health outcome measures

There is a lot of debate and angst about the recent National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data release that has partial results for 2019-20. Some human development indicators seem to have improved, but others have not. An inputs-outputs-outcomes framework helps us understand what is going on. The government apparatus has pushed in favour of increased inputs. Bureaucracies tend to have a tunnel vision, and this has generated a heightened focus on inputs. There are, however, difficulties on outputs and outcomes. There is the problem of broader economic growth, which is ultimately of dominant importance in creating human development outcomes.

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