Political Economy Analysis for Food and Nutrition Security

The overall goal of this paper is to promote the use of political economy analysis in advancing more effective food and nutrition policies. The paper reviews the field of applied political economy for the food and nutrition sector, and offers practical guidance on how to conduct political economy...

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Main Authors:	Reich, Michael R., Balarajan, Yarlini
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AGRICULTURE BLUEPRINT BREASTFEEDING CESAREAN SECTION CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD NUTRITION CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS CONFLICT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT AGENCY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DIETS DISSEMINATION DROUGHT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMICS EFFECTIVE POLICIES EXERCISES FAMILY PLANNING FAMINE FOOD ITEMS FOOD SUPPLY GLOBAL HEALTH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT POLICIES HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH POLICY HEALTH REFORM HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHT HYGIENE ILLNESSES IMMUNIZATION IMPACT OF POLICIES IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT INFANT INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS INTEREST GROUP INTERVENTION LACK OF CAPACITY MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MALNUTRITION MASS MEDIA MATERNAL HEALTH NATIONAL AGENDA NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL POLICY AGENDA NATIONAL PRIORITY NUTRITION NUTRITION EDUCATION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONISTS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PER CAPITA INCOMES PHYSICAL ACTIVITY POLICY AFFECT POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY ANALYST POLICY CHANGE POLICY DECISIONS POLICY FORMULATION POLICY LEVEL POLICY PROCESS POLICY PROCESSES POLITICAL ACTION POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY ANALYSIS POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT POLITICAL ECONOMY STUDIES POLITICAL FEASIBILITY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL SCIENCE POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION SIZE POTENTIAL USERS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY REDUCTION PRACTITIONERS PREGNANCY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC OPINION PUBLIC POLICY QUALITATIVE APPROACH REFERRAL SERVICES REFORM EFFORT REPUBLIC RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HEALTH SANITATION SERVICES FOR CHILDREN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL IMPACT STATE GOVERNMENTS STATUS OF WOMEN TARGETING UNFPA VULNERABLE GROUPS WEALTH WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILD
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/17624009/political-economy-analysis-food-nutrition-security http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13569

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Summary:	The overall goal of this paper is to promote the use of political economy analysis in advancing more effective food and nutrition policies. The paper reviews the field of applied political economy for the food and nutrition sector, and offers practical guidance on how to conduct political economy analysis to better navigate the policy reform process. The paper is presented in three parts. Part I reviews the literature on political economy analysis (PEA) and its application in the food and nutrition fields, focusing on the applied literature in development. Three kinds of PEA are discussed: In-depth, Stakeholder, and Rapid Assessment PEA, which serve different purposes. The paper then introduces a structured qualitative method for conducting an in-depth PEA, based on four stages of the policy cycle: agenda-setting, policy design, policy adoption, and implementation. Part II provides an illustrative case study of an in-depth PEA for a specific food and nutritionrelated policy of India, the Integrated Child Development Services scheme. The analysis explains how the agenda was set and its consequences. Part III presents a newly developed tool to conduct a rapid assessment PEA for food and nutrition policy. This tool uses a questionnaire approach to evaluate the level of political commitment for food and nutrition security and opportunities for change, and can be used to monitor change in political commitment over time.

Political Economy Analysis for Food and Nutrition Security

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