This post has been updated with a meeting synopsis. Thailand made remarkable progress in nearly eliminating hunger and undernutrition in their country. To share the lessons from their experience with a broad range of stakeholders from Africa and Asia—including those from Compact2025 focal countries Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Rwanda—the International Food Policy Research Institute and […]
Investing in nutrition to unlock human capital and economic prosperity
On April 22, the World Bank and Department for International Development, United Kingdom (DFID) hosted “Spotlight on Nutrition: Unlocking Human Potential and Economic Growth,” a panel discussion highlighting how investments in nutrition can yield enormous economic and human capital returns. Nutrition is essential to the development of children and enables them to be healthy, productive […]
Reviewing progress and advancing Compact2025
The Compact2025 Leadership Council and Technical Advisory Committee review progress and discuss next steps for 2017.
A Window of Opportunity to End Hunger and Undernutrition
Global leaders gathered to discuss how progress to end hunger and undernutrition by 2025 can be accelerated and sustained during a special event convened by Compact2025 in Washington, D.C. on October 6, 2016.
Special Event: Accelerating Progress in Ending Hunger and Undernutrition
Hunger and undernutrition persist as major global challenges, yet some countries have proven successful at rapidly reducing both.
