Mainstreaming Nutrition in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers : What Does It Take? A Review of the Early Experience

This paper reviews 40 full poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs) with regard to whether these strategy papers (1) recognize under-nutrition as a development problem in the country, (2) whether they use nutrition information for poverty analysis...

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Main Authors:	Shekar, Meera, Lee, Yi-Kyoung
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FOOD ACCESS TO SERVICES AGED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES ANEMIA BABY BASIC HEALTH BASIC HEALTH SERVICES BEHAVIOR CHANGE BREASTFEEDING BULLETIN CAPACITY BUILDING CHILD CARE CHILD FEEDING CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILDHOOD MALNUTRITION COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY NUTRITION COMMUNITY NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY DETERMINANTS OF MALNUTRITION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT PLANS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DIARRHEA DIET DIETARY ENERGY DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY DIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS DIVERSIFICATION EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMACIATION EMERGENCIES ENERGY CONSUMPTION EPIDEMIOLOGY ERADICATION OF POVERTY ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE EXTENSION AGENTS EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FOOD AID FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD INSECURITY FOOD POLICY FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD PROGRAMS FOOD SECURITY FOOD SECURITY PROBLEMS FOOD SUBSIDIES FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION GENDER EQUALITY GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOITER GROWTH MONITORING HEALTH CARE HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTHY LIFE HIV HOSPITALS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX HUMAN POVERTY HUMAN POVERTY INDEX HUNGER IDD IDENTIFICATION OF STRATEGIES ILL HEALTH ILLNESS ILLNESSES INCOME INCOME GROWTH INCOME POVERTY INDICATORS FOR POVERTY INFANT INFORMED DECISIONS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERVENTION IODINE IODINE DEFICIENCY IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS IODINE SUPPLEMENTATION IRON IRON DEFICIENCY LEVEL OF POVERTY LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LOSS OF PRODUCTIVITY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MALARIA MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION RATES MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY MICRONUTRIENT FORTIFICATION MICRONUTRIENTS MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NUTRIENT NUTRITION NUTRITION COMPONENTS NUTRITION EDUCATION NUTRITION IMPROVEMENT NUTRITION INDICATORS NUTRITION INFORMATION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION MONITORING NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITION POLICIES NUTRITION POLICY NUTRITION PROBLEMS NUTRITION PROGRAMMES NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITION REHABILITATION NUTRITION REHABILITATION CENTERS NUTRITION STATUS NUTRITION TRENDS NUTRITIONAL STATUS OBESITY ORPHANS OVERNUTRITION PACIFIC REGION PEM POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR HEALTH POOR NUTRITION POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERS POVERTY TARGET PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PREVENTION ACTIVITIES PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRESS PROTEIN PROTEIN ENERGY MALNUTRITION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM PUBLIC WORKS RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS RISK FACTORS RURAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOLING SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL PROTECTION SUSTAINABLE ACCESS SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT TARGETING THE GAMBIA UNDERNUTRITION UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION VICIOUS CYCLE VITAMIN VITAMIN A VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE GROUPS WASTE WEAKNESS WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILD YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/12/8895076/mainstreaming-nutrition-poverty-reduction-strategy-papers-take-review-early-experience http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13617

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Summary:	This paper reviews 40 full poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs) with regard to whether these strategy papers (1) recognize under-nutrition as a development problem in the country, (2) whether they use nutrition information for poverty analysis, and (3) whether the PRSP includes specific nutrition activities (policies, strategies, and programs) to deal with the unique nutrition problems in each country. The review shows that three quarters of the PRSPs recognize that under-nutrition is a development problem that leads to loss of human capital and/or productivity. Also, many PRSPs, either explicitly or implicitly, include country nutrition profiles in their poverty analysis. Consequently, a majority of PRSPs include strategies and specific actions to mitigate the effects of malnutrition. However, there appears to be little prioritization or sequencing of proposed actions. More importantly, the strategies and actions included in PRSPs often do not reflect an appropriate response to the nature of the nutrition problem in the country. In a quarter of countries with macronutrient deficiencies and about 40% of countries with micronutrient deficiencies, the PRSPs fail to address these two problems. Moreover, tackling nutrition issues requires greater institutional capacity and budget allocations than currently seem to exist. Gross mismatches between the causes of malnutrition and responses to the nutrition problem inevitably lead to a lack of impact and a waste of resources, which will further contribute to the marginalization of nutrition in future PRSPs.

Mainstreaming Nutrition in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers : What Does It Take? A Review of the Early Experience

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