International Development Grant
Global Nutrition Report 2015-2016
Project Number: CA-3-D002355001
Status: Terminating
Country/Region: Unknown
Regional Focus:
Maximum Contribution: $200,000.00
Start Date: July 28, 2015
End Date: June 30, 2016
Duration: 1.0 years
Project Description
This project supports the International Food Policy Research Institute in developing and publishing the Global Nutrition Report for 2015-2016. With the support of Canada as well as The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Germany The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) the Netherlands The United Kingdom and others the Report aims to sustain and increase international political commitment to take concrete action to improve nutrition and reduce vulnerability among women and children in countries with high incidence of under-nutrition. The Report analyzes existing data on nutrition identifies knowledge gaps and proposes ways to address them. It also provides clear recommendations on priority actions and seeks to strengthen stakeholder and citizen engagement to develop a plan to improve nutrition.
Expected Results
The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: (1) the international community endorses and champions the Global Nutrition Report; (2) civil society organizations (CSOs) communities and other actors use the Global Nutrition Report as an advocacy tool to improve nutrition; (3) stakeholders (donors governments private sector CSOs) use the Report to inform decision making (policy strategy budget plans etc.); (4) stakeholders use the Report as an accountability mechanism; and (5) the quality of nutrition-related data improves over time.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved by the publication of the Global Nutrition Report (GNR) 2015 include: (1) 36 endorsements by leaders from government multilateral organizations business civil society sports and music; (2) 101 citations in peer reviewed documents between September 2015 and July 2016; (3) presentations and events in over 30 cities including an African Parliamentary Forum in Windhoek Namibia the Global Action Summit in Nashville United States and the COP21 climate summit in Paris France in December 2015; (4) 767 media mentions in global media outlets; (5) media coverage for the GNR increased in 2015 compared to 2014 with the United States India and China accounting for half of the total media mentions. Media coverage also increased in South Africa France Japan Philippines Kenya Nigeria Thailand and Ghana; (6) dissemination to stakeholders and interested parties led to over 17 000 unique downloads of the report from September to April 2016; and (7) unsolicited feedback from stakeholders (researchers institutions governments) highlighted the importance and accuracy of the 2015 GNR in making informed decisions about nutrition programming.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
IFPRI – International Food Policy Research Institute
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Department-Initiated