Interest from global stakeholders has grown over the past 5 years in the relationship between cash transfers and gender-based violence, and in particular, intimate partner violence (IPV).
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HarvestChoice: Supporting strategic investment choices in agricultural technology development and adoption
HarvestChoice began in 2006, when detailed and readily accessible data on agriculture, human welfare, and the environment were scarce for Africa South of the Sahara (SSA).
Multi-component cash transfer programs: Evidence from Mali’s social safety net program (Jigisémèjiri)
Despite falling rates of poverty and child undernutrition in Africa over the last two decades, the absolute number of people living in poverty and the absolute number of undernourished children continue to rise due to population growth (Beegle et
En Afrique, malgré la baisse des taux de pauvreté et de sous-nutrition infantile au cours des deux dernières décennies, le nombre absolu de personnes vivant dans la pauvreté comme le nombre absolu d'enfants sous-nutris continuent d'augmenter en ra
A major goal of social protection programs run by governments and NGOs in the developing world is to provide income support to individual and households living in poverty.
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.
Gender and resilience to health shocks: Evidence from financial and health diaries in rural Kenya and Nigeria
Health shocks (unpredictable illnesses and injuries) are an important source of risk for individuals in developing countries.
Vietnam has experienced rapid growth in agricultural mechani-zation lately; particularly in the use of tractors and combine-harvesters.
Some 12,000 community preschools in Malawi serve 45 percent of the county’s preschool population. Yet because of food insecurity and communities’ difficulties in providing preschoolers with a midmorning meal, these schools may not survive.
Implications of wide-scale cropland restoration: A crucial element of the forest landscape restoration approach
The results of this study reveal that the full inclusion of crop production in the forest landscape restoration approach could produce largescale, worldwide benefits for food security and therefore facilitate a wide uptake of restoration practices
Overall, the study shows that large, one-time cash transfers aimed at increasing agricultural investments can significantly impact smallholders’ agricultural production.
Plans de campagne et transferts d'argent pour les exploitations familiales: Données probantes du Sénégal
Dans l’ensemble, l’étude montre qu’un apport financier unique et important qui cible l’augmentation des investissements agricole peut impacter significativement la production agricole des petits exploitants.
This study is the first to show the significant association between poverty and aflatoxin exposure.