Improving nutrition as a development priority. Addressing undernutrition in national policy processes in Subsaharan Africa

Drawing upon the findings of a study in Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda, the report examines what factors make it difficult for undernutrition to be targeted as a national development priority. It examines the policy processes in each country (policymaking structures, political actors, the understanding of undernutrition that drives policy choices in this area and the timing). The dominant commonality is that none of the countries has effectively prioritized undernutrition in the objectives and resource allocation patterns of government.

Todd Benson, IFPRI - 2008