Commitment

Reduce the cost of the double burden of malnutrition for the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), from 10.3% to 10%.

Government / El Salvador

December 2021 — May 2024

Description

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Fortify food and nutrition security (FNS) governance and investment

Description

Strengthen governance for FNS law and national policy implementation, with a comprehensive and multisectoral approach, functioning as a legal framework to derive sectoral and multisectoral strategies, programmes, projects and plans for FNS improvement. Additionally, within this framework, it is expected to have new laws on school feeding, public purchases from small producers and a reform of the land-use planning law.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Verified
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SMARTness index

Details

Target population characteristic
  • Ability
  • Age or life course stage/status
  • Gender identity
  • Socioeconomic status
Global nutrition target(s)
Adult obesity
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Enabling > Financial
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
  • 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Data
  • Financing
  • Health

Measurement

Key indicator Percentage of the cost to the gross domestic product (GDP) of the double burden of malnutrition
Measurement plan Collect own data
Value Measurement date
Baseline 10.3% 2017
Target 10% May 2024

Progress

Value Measurement date Status
Progress report Progress not able to be assessed
Despite the commitment maker’s active participation in the process, they were unable to provide the required information about the baseline data or the progress indicator’s updated (latest) level or status.

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