The Lancet published a four-paper series exploring how the double burden of malnutrition—the coexistence of overnutrition (overweight and obesity) alongside undernutrition (stunting and wasting) at all population levels—is affecting low- and middle-income countries. Contributors include Compact2025 Leadership Council member Gerda Verburg, Compact2025 Technical Advisory Committee member Patrizia Fracassi, and IFPRI Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division […]
Program announcement: IFPRI, Rwanda government partner on policy analysis, capacity strengthening for rural transformation
Building on its remarkable social and economic progress over the past two decades, Rwanda is now accelerating its agenda for sustainable development and inclusive growth, known as the National Strategy for Transformation, by reinforcing its emphasis on agriculture, nutrition, and rural transformation. To support this effort, IFPRI has partnered with the Ministry of Agriculture and […]
Featured Resources: Week of August 27
The new World Bank report “All Hands on Deck” reviews multisectoral approaches to reduce stunting in 33 African countries. It finds the greatest reductions in stunting are associated with increases in access to three underlying drivers of nutrition: (1) food security, (2) health, and (3) water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). The report findings are intended […]
Prime Minister Édouard Ngirente of Rwanda joins the Compact2025 Leadership Council
We are delighted to announce that Prime Minister Édouard Ngirente has joined the Compact2025 Leadership Council. He joins a distinguished group of champions and influential thinkers to provide strategic guidance to Compact2025 and to help shape and unify commitments to end hunger and undernutrition. As one of four focal countries of the Compact2025 initiative, Rwanda […]
Featured Resources: Week of April 9
Researchers from the University of Goettingen and European Commission have found that the burden of global chronic hunger has more than halved since 1990. Economic growth is a major determinant that reduced the burden of hunger, but reducing the burden of hidden hunger requires additional interventions at the micro level. Additional highlights from this week’s […]
