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Nutrition

Malnutrition remains one of the world’s most serious and least‑addressed development challenges. Stunting, wasting and obesity impose enormous human and economic costs on the poorest women and children.
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Investment Framework for Nutrition
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A new investment framework outlines cost‑effective nutrition interventions that could avert 6.2 million child deaths and generate $2.4 trillion in economic benefits.
OUR APPROACH TO
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PROGRAMS & PROJECTS
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RESULTS & IMPACT
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6.2M children
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Scaling high‑impact nutrition interventions could avert 6.2 million child deaths and 980,000 stillbirths over a decade, generating $2.4 trillion in economic benefits.
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21K women
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In Nepal, roughly 21,000 women benefitted from the Food and Nutrition Security project, which finances the Nutrition Field School.
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1.4M workers
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Through India's National Nutrition Mission, 1.4 million frontline workers reached over 80 million beneficiaries in every village and slum across India’s 36 states and union territories.
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RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

More Research & Publications
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Driving Nutrition Action Through the Budget: A Guide to Nutrition‑Responsive Budgeting
Driving Nutrition Action Through the Budget: A Guide to Nutrition‑Responsive Budgeting
Guides policymakers on integrating nutrition into public financial management, including budgeting and expenditure reviews.
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REPORT
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Obesity: Health and Economic Consequences of an Impending Global Challenge
Obesity: Health and Economic Consequences of an Impending Global Challenge
Examines the rising burden of overweight and obesity, its health and economic impacts and policy options for prevention and control.
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Partnering for better health and nutrition in Indonesia
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Investing in Nutrition: Key to a More Productive Guatemala
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2025/09/04/invertir-en-nutricion-clave-para-un-guatemala-mas-productivo
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Driving Nutrition Action Through the Budget: A Guide to Nutrition-Responsive Budgeting
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OUR PARTNERS
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