At the current slow rate of progress, the World Health Organisation estimates that there will still be 127 million stunted children by 2025, the vast majority in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This is a long way from the 2025 Sustainable Development Goals target of 100 million.
Recent estimates suggest that global targets for reducing stunting could be met at a cost of just $8.50 per child if high levels of effectiveness and efficiency can be achieved at scale.
This report, the first in our Outcomes-Based Approaches series, explores how the strong incentives to focus on results and adaptive delivery offered by an Outcomes Fund can achieve such effectiveness and efficiency.