Droughts are associated with several societal ills, especially in developing economies that rely on rainfed agriculture.
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Rapid urban expansion has important health implications. This study examines trends and inequalities in undernutrition and overnutrition by gender, residence (rural, urban slum, urban non-slum), and wealth among children and adults in India.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is linked to substance use by male perpetrators and is associated with an increased risk of depression for women who experience violence.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with increased HIV risk and other adverse health and psychosocial outcomes.
Common mental disorders (CMD) among mothers cause disability, negatively affect child development, and have high long-term economic costs.
Food transfers, electronic food vouchers and child nutritional status among Rohingya children living in Bangladesh
Objective: To examine associations between receipt of an electronic food voucher (e-voucher) compared to food rations on the nutritional status of Rohingya children living in refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Although agriculture is an important source of food and income for food expenditures, women’s involvement in the agricultural cropping production process could increase their work load and reduce their BMI.
Cost-effectiveness of community-based gendered advisory services to farmers: Analysis in Mozambique and Tanzania
Rigorous impact evaluations on agricultural interventions in the developing world have proliferated in research of recent years.
Women’s empowerment in agriculture and agricultural productivity: Evidence from rural maize farmer households in western Kenya
This paper documents a positive relationship between maize productivity in western Kenya and women’s empowerment in agriculture, measured using indicators derived from the abbreviated version of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index.