Islamic Development Bank, WFP launch 'nutritious start' financing initiative to boost funding for child nutrition and school meals.
Every US$1 invested in addressing early childhood undernutrition can yield up to US$23 in economic returns.
School feeding programmes generate between US$7 and US$35 per dollar invested.
The IsDB and WFP are also partners in the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement and the School Meals Coalition.
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Established by Big Society Capital and the Northern Rock Foundation, the North East Social Investment Company is soon to be launched for lending by mid-2014.