Zambia launches a new report: The importance of nutrition investment for economic growth

September 25, 2014 - Last update: February 10, 2023

On 23 September 2014, the Vice President of Zambia, Guy Scott, participated in the launch of a new Institute of Development Studies report titled “Turning Rapid Growth into Meaningful Growth: Sustaining the Commitment to Nutrition in Zambia”. Vice President Scott said “Investing in the most vulnerable members of our society – children under the age of two and their mothers – is a sure-fire way of turning fast economic growth into more meaningful growth, both economic and human”.

The report is a collection of articles which describe nutrition trends in the country and highlight the factors shaping those trends. It also identifies and analyses some of the efforts to improve nutrition status. The articles aim to serve as a guide to action and call for sustained commitment from all parts of Zambian society – government, academics, NGOs, community-based organisations, the media, businesses and international development partners.

Articles in the report are divided into three parts;