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Nutritional improvement requires nutrition sciences, but also inputs from social sciences, including economics and political science. While emphasizing multi-disciplinary approaches, this article focused on economic and political innovations. It is increasingly understood that broad-based economic growth combined with social interventions reduces undernutrition, but the relationships between economic development and malnutrition and obesity are more complex [11]. To improve nutrition and reduce hunger especially in low- and middle-income emerging economies, several conclusions for economic and political innovations can be drawn:

Fig. 3. Toward the “International Panel on Food, Nutrition and Agriculture” (IP-FNA). Source: von Braun and Kalkuhl [10].

1 Political economy analyses of nutrition policy choices need to be combined with economic and implementation research to identify feasible and best policies.

2 Efficient and effective nutrition policy needs a systematic focus on goals and instruments, with all potential instruments taken into consideration, excluding none for instance because of ideological bias.

3 Nutrition policy requires more attention, leadership, and funds, as well as a global organizational home, rather than spread across global/UN organizations.

4 The evidence base for nutrition policies must be strengthened by establishing a systematic science and policy interface, similar to what has evolved for the field of climate change with Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.