USAID Policy Paper: Nutrition

May 1982

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Executive Summary I. Introduction II. Objective of the Nutrition Policy and its Accomplishment III. Elements of the Policy Conclusions Selected Bibliography 32     [Download original document] II. Objective of the Nutrition Policy and its Accomplishment The objective of this policy is to maximize impact of USAID development programs on nutritional well being of poor people in LDCs. This objective will be accomplished in development sectors through including nutrition and food consumption as factors in decision-making and cost-benefit analysis concerning strategies, programs, and projects. It can be accomplished through any or all of the following mechanisms. identifying projects based on analysis of the nutrition problem; designing projects to overcome constraints to meeting nutritional needs; targeting projects to nutritionally at-risk groups; monitoring and evaluating impacts of projects on nutrition and food consumption; providing technically strong nutrition programs to backstop activities in all development sectors, supplement sectoral efforts to ensure effectiveness in meeting nutrition goals and complement sectoral programs with specific nutrition project activities to enhance nutrition impact; increasing the indigenous capacity in LDCs to analyse and overcome nutrition problems through promotion of multisectoral nutrition planning and appropriate national policies.

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