Strengthening accountability: Lessons from inside and outside nutrition

International Food Policy Research Institute

Chapter 9 in Global Nutrition Report 2015: Actions and accountability to advance nutrition and sustainable development, 2015, pp 107-119 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Accountability is the glue that connects commitment to action, and so strengthening it is a priority. Exercising accountability in nutrition is challenging because improving nutrition requires many different sectors to come together without an obvious institutional home. The six global nutrition targets for 2025 adopted by the World Health Assembly (WHA) are a key accountability mechanism, and we report on progress against them in Chapter 2. Here we identify and review other mechanisms—some from within nutrition, some outside—that can potentially be used to make nutrition actors more accountable to citizens, including those who are malnourished.

Keywords: economic growth; safety net programs; sustainable development goals; economic development; agricultural policies; public-private cooperation; stunting; hiv infections; wasting disease (nutritional disorder); children; initiatives; micronutrients; diet; poverty; overweight; obesity; climate change; anaemia; undernutrition; implementation; nutrition policies; health; sustainability; hunger; malnutrition; nutrition; private sector; agricultural development; breastfeeding; public expenditure; diabetes; food systems; capacity building; South America; Europe; Africa; Northern America; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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