Strengthening accountability: Lessons from inside and outside nutrition

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 tar...

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Main Author: International Food Policy Research Institute
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150217
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description 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.
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spelling CGSpace1502172025-02-24T06:47:15Z Strengthening accountability: Lessons from inside and outside nutrition International Food Policy Research Institute 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 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. 2015-09-09 2024-08-01T02:51:02Z 2024-08-01T02:51:02Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150217 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896298835 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute International Food Policy Research Institute. 2015. Strengthening accountability: Lessons from inside and outside nutrition. In Global Nutrition Report 2015: Actions and accountability to advance nutrition and sustainable development. Chapter 9. Pp. 107-119. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150217
spellingShingle 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
International Food Policy Research Institute
Strengthening accountability: Lessons from inside and outside nutrition
title Strengthening accountability: Lessons from inside and outside nutrition
title_full Strengthening accountability: Lessons from inside and outside nutrition
title_fullStr Strengthening accountability: Lessons from inside and outside nutrition
title_full_unstemmed Strengthening accountability: Lessons from inside and outside nutrition
title_short Strengthening accountability: Lessons from inside and outside nutrition
title_sort strengthening accountability lessons from inside and outside nutrition
topic 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
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