ACHIEVING VALUE FOR DEVELOPMENT: INVESTING IN NUTRITION

Undernutrition affects 1 out of 10 children in the world and is the cause of 3 million deaths each year. Despite the sheer scale of the issue, human consequences are unfortunately not sufficient to convince to invest in the fight against this scourge. Due to heavy budgetary constraints, Official Development Assistance (ODA) donors seek to optimize every euro invested. Many economists and scientists have brought to light that undernutrition has an overall negative impact on development. They also demonstrated that investing in nutrition is profitable. Some donors have opened the way by making nutrition a priority. From this point forward, countries providing international aid should follow their lead.