Studies on Child Development in Vulnerable Groups in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme is the world’s biggest and unique programme for nutrition and childcare, launched way back on 2 October 1975 by the Government of India. It is a centrally subsidised scheme implemented by states across the country for the benefit of children, especially for vulnerable groups. The scheme’s main objective is to improve the health and nutritional condition of children below six years of age, along with pregnant women and lactating mothers. The objective of the study is to critically analyse functions of the ICDS Scheme in the state of Odisha about implementation and monitoring. The analysis was done with the help of secondary literature and available data from government documents. The opinion and experience of various stakeholders like Anganwadi workers, supervisors and other government staff have been analysed for this purpose. This article describes existing policies and procedures of food procurement, storing, supply, cooking, production and serving cycle under ICDS Scheme in Odisha. The recommendations of the study may help for future improvement of various thrust areas of the ICDS Scheme. The article brings out critical factors accountable for the efficient implementation of the ICDS programme. Further, the study evaluates the ICDS Scheme based on existing government guidelines to reach out to the masses in Odisha.

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El surgimiento de la megaurbanización Nordelta en la Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires: consideraciones en torno a las nociones de ciudad-fragmento y comunidad purificada / The Emergence of the Nordelta Megaurbanization in the Metropolitan Region of Bu

Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos ◽

10.24201/edu.v22i2.1283 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 363 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

María Florencia Girola

Keyword(s):

Metropolitan Area ◽

Buenos Aires ◽

Metropolitan Region ◽

Permanent Housing

En este artículo se focaliza uno de los procesos más generalizados y polémicos que se registran en las grandes ciudades contemporáneas: el desarrollo de conjuntos residenciales que cuentan con seguridad y que sirven de vivienda permanente a los sectores medios y altos de la población. Más concretamente, intentamos cuestionar y examinar –desde una perspectiva etnográfica– las visiones sobre estos conjuntos ancladas en torno a la categoría de fragmentación urbana, a partir del análisis de un ejemplo específico: la emergencia de grandes emprendimientos en la Región Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires; en este caso se trata de una singular ciudad privada y periférica. AbstractThis article focuses on one of the most generalized, polemic processes recorded in major contemporary cities: the development of residential complexes with security that serve as permanent housing for the middle and upper classes of the population. More specifically, the author attempts to use an ethnographic perspective to question the views on these complexes placed within the category of urban fragmentation on the basis of the analysis of a specific example; the emergence of major developments in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires; in this case, an unusual private, peripheral city.

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