As Bhutan has progressed financially, its health indicators have also progressed. It has achieved significant gains in … all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Yet two major indicators of significant undernutrition remain persistently … elevated: stunting of children younger than 5, and anemia in women and children. Some factors can be interpreted as direct or …

undernutrition for at least two decades. In this paper we aim to understand the sources of this unheralded success with the … rounds of Demographic and Health Surveys covering the period from 1997 to 2011. …