Stories of Change are a series of country-focused mixed-methods studies that aim to capture and explain key nutrition trends over time. They do so via analysing trends in data, documenting changes in policy and programmes, capturing experiential learning from those doing nutrition-relevant work in-country or in the region (policy makers, program managers, implementers, nutrition champions) and – in some studies – experience at the community level.
Stories of Change studies are intended to be of use to policy makers and programme implementers who want to know what has changed in nutrition, or what has the potential to change, what is not working – and why – and what might be learnt from these stories, to inform nutrition-relevant policies and actions in the study countries but also to offer comparative lessons that are applicable elsewhere.
The Stories of Change studies are led by Transform Nutrition West Africa (TNWA) partners and consultants in Burkina Faso (Institute Supérieur des Sciences de Population (ISSP)), Nigeria (consultant/Ibadan University) and Ghana (University of Ghana), supported by the TNWA team in Dakar and TNWA researchers in IFPRI and IDS, UK. All studies are currently in operation and will be reporting in late 2019 / early 2020.
When complete, we expect the full set of studies – which also include work from earlier rounds in Senegal, Ethiopia and Zambia – as well as work in South Asia – to offer unique and accessible resources for decision makers and implementers wanting to tap into rigorously triangulated experiential knowledge on how things change in nutrition – and why.
The TNWA Stories of Change studies build upon similar studies carried out under the Transform Nutrition research consortium in 2015-2016 in Ethiopia, Zambia, Senegal, Bangladesh, Odisha (India), and Nepal. To read more about these earlier studies, please see www.transformnutrition.org/storiesofchange. All of our country study resources are now available on one IFPRI platform which will continue to grow as more studies are added.
