The Case for Investment in Nutrition in Senegal : Analysis and Perspective - 15 Years of Experience in the Development of Nutrition Policy in Senegal
Senegal is among the few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that have succeeded in improving their population’s nutritional status in recent decades. The prevalence of key nutrition indicators, such as the proportion of children stunted, wasted, and u...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/142761537159829650/The-Case-for-Investment-in-Nutrition-in-Senegal-Analysis-and-Perspective-15-Years-of-Experience-in-the-Development-of-Nutrition-Policy-in-Senegal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30482 |
| Summary: | Senegal is among the few countries in
Sub-Saharan Africa that have succeeded in improving their
population’s nutritional status in recent decades. The
prevalence of key nutrition indicators, such as the
proportion of children stunted, wasted, and underweight, is
lower than that in most other countries in the region, and
even among the poorest segments of the population. Progress
against malnutrition achieved over time notwithstanding,
reversals in global funding for nutrition in Senegal neglect
the still-too-high prevalence of child stunting, wasting,
and micronutrient deficiencies, as well as the persistent
prevalence of under- and overweight and anemia among women.
Nutrition in early childhood has been deemed by the global
community to be a key determinant of both labor productivity
and economic growth. For Senegal, which has arguably entered
its nutrition transition and which is embarking on a new,
multi-sectoral approach to tackle the double and triple
burdens of malnutrition, there is no better time to ramp up
nutrition investment. This investment case outlines future
directions in nutrition for Senegal on the basis of the plan
stratégique multisectoriel de la nutrition (PSMN) and
synthesizes a series of eight reports prepared for the
purpose of understanding the country’s progress to date,
while highlighting remaining gaps in funding and
implementation for nutrition. The first section presents the
developmental and economic rationales for investing in
nutrition, including a review of Senegal’s unique political
climate, which lends itself to the development of new,
unconventional policies. The second section draws from a
situation analysis, a political economy study, and an
institutional performance assessment to describe ongoing
barriers to good nutrition in Senegal, while the third
section presents solutions on how to overcome them, in
alignment with the PSMN. The fourth section presents the
financial requirements for these activities, which are based
on a calculation of sector-specific financial needs costed
during the development of the PSMN, secured funding
identified in the financing analysis study, and the costs of
scaling up to 90 percent coverage as calculated in the
economic analysis report. |
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