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Table 2 Coalition dimension before the emergence of the National Nutrition Policy

From: Emergence of National Nutrition Policy in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic: an analysis of collaborations between governmental and external actors

Coalitions

Health sector coalition

Agriculture sector coalition

Education sector coalition

Leader

Ministry of Health

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Ministry of Education and Sport

Main objective

Decrease in malnutrition

Food security

Decrease in absenteeism and increase school enrolment rate

Intracoalition transactions

Assets (government)

• Provider of legitimacy on health- and nutrition-related issues

• Provider of authorisation to access target-populations

Provider of legitimacy on food security issues

Provider of authorisation to access target-populations

Expected benefits (government)

Financial and technical support

Financial and technical support

Financial and technical support

Assets (development partners)

• Funds

• Technical expertise

• Funds

• Technical expertise

• Funds

• Technical expertise

Expected benefits (development partners)

Fulfilling mandates to address health concerns in the country

Fulfilling mandates to address health concerns in the country

Fulfilling mandates to address health concerns in the country

Intracoalition intangible factors

• Having previous collaborations

• Interpersonal relationships

• Having previous collaborations

• Interpersonal relationships

• Having previous collaborations

• Interpersonal relationships

Intracoalition control

Control by the ministry over the budget

Control by the ministry over the budget

Control by the ministry over the budget