This project note discusses findings from a panel phone survey in Malawi in which respondents were asked about their perceptions of the risks and impacts of COVID-19.

Key findings

A first step in evaluating the effects of agricultural investments in developing countries to recognize that policy makers will almost certainly have multiple objectives.

Agricultural development is crucial in developing countries, and particularly in the poorest countries where it accounts for large shares of employment and income and whose poverty is due simply to having a large share of the workforce in low-prod

This document summarizes published and grey literature on conceptual framework on the link between child nutrition and economic growth, determinants of child undernutrition, types of investments to enhance maternal and child nutrition, and linkage

Despite progresses made over the last several decades, the prevalence of child malnutrition re-mains alarmingly high.

This report answers the question: “What guidelines can be used to identify the types of agricultural investments that have the highest economic return, where “agriculture” is broadly defined to include primary production, handling, storage, transp

Africa is experiencing a rapid growth in urban population with a billion more people expected to live in cities by 2050.

Childhood undernutrition manifests itself in various ways including stunting, wasting, underweight, and micronutrient deficiencies.

Some agricultural investments are commodity-specific, meaning that they increase the productivity of production, processing, or marketing of a single agricultural commodity or a set of closely-related commodities.

Through the Notification of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the project “Advisory Services – Program Management for Development and Implementation within the Agricultural Sector” (DCO-PR-18-0293) issued a to the International Food Policy Research I

Key findings

Cette dernière décennie a vu un intérêt croissant pour la priorisation de la nutrition dans le monde et le developpement de programmes performants pour une meilleure nutrition et des systèmes alimentaires plus efficaces.

L’émaciation ou la malnutrition aiguë est un problème de santé majeur nécessitant une attention urgente dans les pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire (PRFI).

Cette note fournit des orientations pour l’amélioration des politiques pertinentes en matière de nutrition en Afrique de l’Ouest.

Transform Nutrition West Africa a identifié les principales priorités pour des actions futures dans la région de l’Afrique de l’Ouest.

This study estimates the effects of the shares of subnational public expenditure (PE) for agriculture, health, education, and social-welfare, as well as PE-size, on household-level outcomes, using nationally representative panel household data and

Most food retail prices in September 2021 were found to be substantially higher than in September 2020. Retail prices of the cheapest variety of rice–by far the most important staple in Myanmar–have risen by 8 percent, on average.

This brief summarizes nutrition-relevant policies in Cape Verde.

This brief summarizes nutrition-relevant policies in Sierra Leone.