Related Publications: Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)
IFPRI monthly maize market report, June 2019
Fluctuations in the price of maize—Malawi’s most important staple crop—are a huge contributor to the country’s overall food security.
Weather dataset choice introduces uncertainty to estimates of crop yield responses to climate variability and change
Extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, droughts, and excess rainfall, are a major cause of crop yield losses and food insecurity worldwide.
IFPRI monthly maize market report, April 2019
Fluctuations in the price of maize—Malawi’s most important staple crop—are a huge contributor to the country’s overall food security.
Can transfers and behavior change communication reduce intimate partner violence four years post-program? Experimental evidence from Bangladesh
Food and cash transfers with behavior change communication lead to sustained reductions in IPV in Bangladesh.
IFPRI monthly maize market report, August 2019
Fluctuations in the price of maize—Malawi’s most important staple crop—are a huge contributor to the country’s overall food security.
Informal cross-border trade in Africa
As ICBT appears to be so large and is heavily linked to food security, economic development, and women’s empowerment, it is important to obtain accurate measurements of this type of trade.
Informal traders in African cities are being used as political pawns
In late 2017 and early 2018, Zambia’s capital of Lusaka faced a widening cholera epidemic. In response the country’s President Edgar Lungu called in police and the military to raze makeshift food stalls in the city.
How the United States benefits from agricultural and food security investments in developing countries
US foreign agricultural assistance brings economic, health, & security benefits to both developing countries & the United States, according to a new report.
Welfare impact of globalization in developing countries: Examining the mediating role of human capital
Despite remarkable progress in the fight against poverty during the past few decades, the proportion of the poor living in developing countries is still on the high side.
Food transfers, cash transfers, behavior change communication and child nutrition: Evidence from Bangladesh
The importance of children’s nutritional status for subsequent human capital formation, the limited evidence of the effectiveness of social protection interventions on child nutrition, and the absence of knowledge on the intra-household impacts of