There is growing recognition that water insecurity – the inability to reliably access sufficient water for all household uses – is commonly experienced globally and has myriad adverse consequences for human well-being.
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Background: The practice of giving water before 6 mo of age is the biggest barrier to exclusive breastfeeding in West and Central Africa.
Anaemia is a global public health problem affecting 800 million women and children globally.
Considerable literature from low- and lower-middle-income countries (LLMICs) links maternal employment to child nutritional status.
Agricultural R&D investments and development goals in sub-Saharan Africa: Assessing prioritisation of value chains in Senegal
We look at the prioritisation of agricultural value chains (VCs) for the allocation of R&D resources that maximise development outcomes (poverty, growth, jobs and diets) in Senegal.
Agricultural R&D investments and development goals in sub Saharan Africa: Assessing prioritisation of value chains in Senegal
We look at the prioritisation of agricultural value chains (VCs) for the allocation of R&D resources that maximise development outcomes (poverty, growth, jobs and diets) in Senegal.
Public agriculture investment and food security in ECOWAS
Public agriculture expenditure is a significant growth catalyst. However, evaluating the impact of public agriculture expenditure on food security remains scanty.
Background: Edutainment aims to spread educational messages in an entertaining way, and often reaches large audiences.
Household livelihood diversification in rural Africa
Diversification is a common livelihood strategy for rural households in developing countries, with diversification being either a choice or necessity depending on individual household contexts.
Cheap talk and coordination in the lab and in the field: Collective commercialization in Senegal
In Senegal, revealing farmers’ intentions improves collective commercialization, & learning in the lab transfers to day-to-day behaviors.
Household economists have recently begun to use laboratory experiments to study behavior between spouses. While several connect inefficiency in the lab to specific constraints on decision-making (e.g.
Efficiency and status in polygynous pastoralist households
Decision-making structures may be different across polygynous and monogamous households, leading to different economic outcomes and requiring different targeting of anti-poverty programmes.
Child stunting and linear growth faltering have declined over the past few decades and several countries have made exemplary progress.
This study analyzes impacts of large, one-time cash transfers and farm management plans among farmers in Senegal.
Ask me why: Patterns of intrahousehold decision-making
A look beyond the identity of household decisionmakers to the rationale behind who makes decisions and whether that rationale factors in household outcomes.