DI - Development Initiatives

Published purpose

This project supports Development Initiatives in developing and publishing the 2020-2021 Global Nutrition Report (GNR). The GNR is the world’s leading independent assessment of global nutrition. The Report seeks to provide the best available data, in-depth analysis and expert opinion rooted in evidence to help drive action on nutrition where it is urgently needed. Data produced by the Report exposes barriers nutrition stakeholders face and highlights the potential for action and advocacy for improved nutrition. The Report also holds donors, governments, and private sector stakeholders accountable to their policy and financial commitments pledged through Nutrition for Growth (N4G). It also tracks donor and country annual spending towards nutrition. Project activities include: (1) calling for greater action to end malnutrition in all its forms; (2) increasing commitments for more action by highlighting gaps and opportunities for financing and policy; (3) driving accountability and transparency by showing who is delivering and where progress is too slow; (4) working with partners who use GNR information to enforce accountability; (5) remaining the ‘go-to’ resource for data on nutrition that innovates by disaggregating and visualising data, and telling stories to make the case for action; and (6) being inclusive, highlighting all forms of malnutrition in all locations – low-, middle- and high-income countries, and different sectors.