GAIN Working Paper Series 24 - National governments support measures for small business during the COVID-19 pandemic
This report presents the findings from an assessment of 163 policy measures by national governments to support micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in nine low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) between March 2020 and March 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Urban Learnings: An analysis of Dutch municipal approaches to combatting childhood overweight and obesity
Nowadays, 1 in 10 children is overweight or obese and this number is rising. While overweight and obesity was once considered a high-income country (HIC) problem, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are now increasingly confronted with overweight and obesity in their populations alongside the still existing problems related to undernutrition.
NC Africa- Setting the Scene: Nutrition Outlook 2022.
Online Webinar., Global
Setting scene for the next 12 months, the webinar will bring together different stakeholders across the continent working towards, or interested in, providing solutions to malnutrition in the continent to highlight their priority areas towards building Africa’s Nutrition stability both at organizational and the continental level.
The Nutritious Foods Financing Facility (N3F): Pioneering Nutrition Financing
N3F is an impact-first fund which will use a blended finance structure offering three types of shares to attract investors with different appetites for risk. Notably, the fund will have a catalytic tranche that will act as a first loss component, a powerful method of moderating risk and, thus, of catalysing more risk-averse sources of capital.
EatSafe Learnings from Phase I Research in Nigeria
The EatSafe program conducted a range of formative research activities to understand the local context in Northwestern Nigeria. Learnings from these activities were then used to develop market-based interventions to increase consumer demand for improved food safety.
A tribute to the late Dr. Ferew Lemma
Over the holiday period the nutrition community - and the world - lost a powerful champion: Dr. Ferew Lemma. This is our abiding memory of Ferew: calm in a crisis, but passionate about improving people’s lives; still when listening, but restless to find solutions; quiet in meetings, but forceful when it comes to implementing decisions.
