A Chance to grow: How social protection can tackle child malnutrition and promote economic opportunities

Global economic and financial crisis threatens to leave millions more people in developing countries hungry and malnourished. Social protection can address both the immediate and the underlying causes of malnutrition – and prevent lasting damage to children’s lives. A Chance to Grow calls on developing country governments and donors to promote and strengthen social protection programmes – and thereby reduce child hunger and malnutrition.