Agricultural commercialization, or the transition from growing crops for home consumption to growing some or all crops for sale, enables farmers to earn cash income that they can use to buy food in markets.
Understanding the public health implications of food policies is crucial to combat recently increasing overweight and obesity rates in many low-and-middle income countries (LMICs).
At the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016 the long-standing divide between humanitarian and development approaches was challenged with a call for responses that both meet immediate needs and protect human capital for eventual recovery.
This paper explores patterns of exit from agriculture in rural Bangladesh by utilizing nationally representative repeat cross-section and pseudo-panel survey data.
How do perceptions of one’s relative economic status affect gender attitudes, including support for women’s economic participation and involvement in decision-making in their community and household?
Remote areas are often characterized by lower welfare outcomes due to economic disadvantages and higher transaction costs for trade. But their poorer situation may also be linked to worse public service delivery.
In 2015, Ethiopia experienced one of its worst droughts in decades.
Good governance plays a crucial role in how remittances affect food security & nutrition in Africa south of the Sahara.
Africa is likely to experience warming and increased climate variability by the late 21st century. Climate extremes have been linked to adverse economic outcomes.
More information is impactful only when beneficiaries deem the information relevant, and when they have both the power and incentives to act on it.
New findings on how proximity to urban areas affects patterns of rural employment, income levels, and agricultural intensification among households in rural Ghana.
Where there are more village meetings, cash transfers can increase trust in elected leaders, and improve the perceptions of government responsiveness to citizens’ concerns, and leaders' honesty.
The Impact of performance-based financing on faith-based healthcare in Uganda.
Deteriorating physical health coupled with feelings of stress underlie the tradeoffs migration can bring in incomes and well-being.
The association between household conservatism and female well-being indicators, by considering the dimension of employment, decision-making autonomy and body mass (nutrition).
Can fish-farming, and in particular small-scale commercial aquaculture have a significant role to play in rural development and poverty reduction?
What drives policy reform after long periods of policy inertia? What factors shape the effectiveness of policy implementation following reform decisions?