What drives and constrains effective leadership in tackling child undernutrition?: Findings from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India and Kenya

Strong leadership has been highlighted as a common element of success within countries that have made rapid progress in tackling child and maternal undernutrition. Yet little is known of what contributes to nutrition leaders' success or lack of it in particular policy environments. This study of 89...

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Autores principales: Nisbett, Nicholas, Wach, Elise, Haddad, Lawrence James, El Arifeen, Shams
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150564
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description Strong leadership has been highlighted as a common element of success within countries that have made rapid progress in tackling child and maternal undernutrition. Yet little is known of what contributes to nutrition leaders' success or lack of it in particular policy environments. This study of 89 individuals identified as influential within child and maternal undernutrition policy and programming in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya and India sheds light on why particular individuals have been effective in contributing towards positive changes in nutrition policy, and how they operate in the wider policy/political sphere. We employ a framework working outwards from individual capabilities, knowledge and motivations, through to wider political economy considerations and the narratives and knowledge structuring individual capacity. We argue that only by locating individuals within this wider political economy can we begin to appreciate the range of strategies and avenues for influence (or constraints to that influence) that individual leaders employ and encounter.
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spelling CGSpace1505642025-09-25T13:01:42Z What drives and constrains effective leadership in tackling child undernutrition?: Findings from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India and Kenya Nisbett, Nicholas Wach, Elise Haddad, Lawrence James El Arifeen, Shams politics processes undernutrition policies leaders malnutrition leadership Strong leadership has been highlighted as a common element of success within countries that have made rapid progress in tackling child and maternal undernutrition. Yet little is known of what contributes to nutrition leaders' success or lack of it in particular policy environments. This study of 89 individuals identified as influential within child and maternal undernutrition policy and programming in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya and India sheds light on why particular individuals have been effective in contributing towards positive changes in nutrition policy, and how they operate in the wider policy/political sphere. We employ a framework working outwards from individual capabilities, knowledge and motivations, through to wider political economy considerations and the narratives and knowledge structuring individual capacity. We argue that only by locating individuals within this wider political economy can we begin to appreciate the range of strategies and avenues for influence (or constraints to that influence) that individual leaders employ and encounter. 2015-05-01 2024-08-01T02:52:21Z 2024-08-01T02:52:21Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150564 en Open Access Elsevier Nisbett, Nicholas; Wach, Elise; Haddad, Lawrence James; and El Arifeen, Shams. 2015. What drives and constrains effective leadership in tackling child undernutrition? Findings from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India and Kenya. Food Policy 53(May 2015): 33 - 45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.04.001
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title What drives and constrains effective leadership in tackling child undernutrition?: Findings from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India and Kenya
title_full What drives and constrains effective leadership in tackling child undernutrition?: Findings from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India and Kenya
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title_short What drives and constrains effective leadership in tackling child undernutrition?: Findings from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India and Kenya
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