Characterizing and assessing innovation platforms in central and west Asia and North Africa
Key messages
Key messages
2020 was marked by a global recession. Most Asian economies witnessed a major economic downturn or, at the minimum, major decelerations in economic growth of magnitudes not seen since the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis.
Our working paper, “The Effects of Income Fluctuations on Rural Health and Nutrition,” provides causal evidence on how the income fluctuations poor households confront across the globe influence health and nutrition outcomes across the life cycle.
We find strong empirical evidence that raising aspirations is one route to empowering women. Higher aspirations on the part of husbands predicts more egalitarian gender attitudes for both the husband and his wife.
The Republic of Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country where nearly 65 percent of the population lives in rural areas.
The 2020 vision for South Asia aims to (1) ensure the minimum food and nutrition needs of the population through entitlement programs and income-augmenting agricultural technologies that are environmentally friendly; (2) eliminate severe malnutrit