Mainstreaming nutrition in PRSP's: What does it take ? A review of the early experience

The fight against undernutrition must be an integral part of poverty reduction strategies. The PRSP (Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers) are key instruments facilitating the adoption of a multi-sector approach and enhancing the inclusion of nutrition in national strategies. This report analyses 40 PRSPs to assess:

• how malnutrition is dealt with as a development problem for the country
• the use of information on nutrition to analyse poverty
• to what extent the PRSPs of the countries assessed take account of policies, strategies and programmes for tackling malnutrition.

 M. Shekar et al, World Bank - December 2006