Mainstreaming Nutrition in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: What Does It Take?

World Bank

Published in : 2006

Available in : English

Keywords : Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs), Nutrition

In December 1999, the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a new approach to development assistance that links debt relief to poverty reduction in low-income countries: the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs). As one of the requirements for receipt of continued concessional lending and/or debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, countries are required to prepare PRSPs.

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Originally posted at : World Bank Nutrition Publications & Reports

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Themes : Interventions, general, Micronutrients, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Nutrition training and capacity development, general, Overnutrition, general, Undernutrition, general, Food and nutrition policies and strategies, Iodine / IDD, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient deficiencies, Monitoring and evaluation, Monitoring and evaluation, Obesity and overweight, Scaling-up, Scaling-up, Stunting, Vitamin A / Night blindness, Wasting

Resource types : Reports, Scientific/background documents