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Agenda Setting Remarks by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina President, African Development Bank Group - African Leaders for Nutrition: Addressing Malnutrition, Catalyzing Africa’s Transformation through Enhanced Multisector Investments

· Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group (International)

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ContextAgenda-setting remarks at an African Leaders for Nutrition meeting; the African Development Bank finances Africa's development and fights malnutrition through investment.

Why it mattersAdesina asks governments to make nutrition a budget priority.

Problems raised
  1. Malnutrition holds back Africa's human capital.
  2. Nutrition is not a budget priority.
  3. Funding is spread too thin across sectors.
Solutions proposed
  1. Make nutrition a national priority.
  2. Fund multisector national nutrition action plans.
  3. Keep increasing Bank financing for nutrition.
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