Innovative Financing - Creative New Ways to Fund Improved Nutrition
Good nutrition has a hugely positive impact on health and other social goals, like educational attainment and work productivity – but the sector remains under-financed relative to its potential. How can we change this?
10th Sankalp Africa Summit
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Increasing access to nutritious foods in India
GAIN’s Workforce Nutrition program conceived and implemented a market-based supply chain solution to enhance the food environment around tea estates by leveraging the existing neighbourhood line shops to improve access to healthy foods.
Appraising a methodological approach to assessing informal markets of nutritious foods
This report is an appraisal of a methodological approach conceptualized and commissioned by GAIN and designed by Euromonitor to assess the informal dairy market in Ethiopia using formal market approaches. This work was conducted in 2019 with support from Wageningen University under the Agriculture 4 Nutrition and Health Program.
The Nutritious Foods Financing Facility (N3F): Pioneering Nutrition Financing
N3F is an impact-first fund which will use a blended finance structure offering three types of shares to attract investors with different appetites for risk. Notably, the fund will have a catalytic tranche that will act as a first loss component, a powerful method of moderating risk and, thus, of catalysing more risk-averse sources of capital.
Nutritious Foods Financing Facility, a blended finance approach
Online Webinar, Global
This Nutrition for Growth (N4G) side-event explores a new initiative, with a blended finance approach, backed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Eleanor Crook Foundation, Incofin Investment Management and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).
