Monitoring private sector impacts on rural food and nutrition security

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Title	Monitoring private sector impacts on rural food and nutrition security
Authors	B de Steenhuijsen Piters, F. Bodnár
Year	2013
Publisher	Royal Tropical Institute
Place	Amsterdam
Pages	6
Series title	Policy Brief : Food Security
Series number	3
Organisation	KIT - Royal Tropical Institute
Subject	Health and Nutrition
Keywords	food, health, private sector
Abstract	Based on the belief that economic growth will contribute to improving food and nutrition security, governments are using public funds for private sector development. However, there is as yet little evidence that this contributes to greater food security at household level. Instead of assuming that private sector development will reduce malnutrition, public funders should require that impact pathways be part of any proposals requiring public funds, that interventions be systematically evaluated and that impact be measured at target group level. This policy brief looks at the rationale behind public investment in private sector development and provides a framework with pathways for measuring the impact of private sector interventions, and specifically for monitoring and evaluating these impacts.
Language	English
Category	Policy
Document type	Policy document
Rights	© 2013 Royal Tropical Institute
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