Elsevier

Food Policy

Volume 12, Issue 1, February 1987, Pages 15-28
Food Policy

Multisectoral nutrition planning: a post-mortem

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Abstract

Multisectoral nutrition planning emerged in the early 1970s as a bold new approach to combating malnutrition in low-income countries. Conceptually elegant and operationally ambitious, it blossomed on paper but collapsed in practice notwithstanding vigorous promotion by international assistance agencies. This essay reviews the meteoric rise and fall of the multisectoral approach and then proceeds to examine its theoretical underpinnings. The essay concludes by identifying 12 lessons learned that, if heeded, can help the current generation of intrasectoral initiatives against malnutrition to realize their potential.

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    Preparation of this paper was made possible by a grant from UNICEF, which is in no way responsible for its contents. I wish to express gratitude to Hossein Ghassemi for his support and to Randa Wilkinson Bouvier for her research assistance.

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