New partnerships for child nutrition

The headlines from India can sometimes be misleading. Growth rates are soaring, the economy is overheating, a high-tech giant is in the making. While these headlines ring true in the corporate parks of Bangalore and the high-rise towers of Mumbai, hundreds of millions of people remain in crushing poverty. Despite the real progress made since independence, a host of seemingly intractable social problems persist. One of the most pressing is child under-nutrition[1] – and this is the challenge that an unusual partnership of government, civil society and business is now addressing.