The importance of women’s roles for nutrition-sensitive agricultural projects is increasingly recognized, yet little is known about whether such projects improve women’s empowerment and gender equality.

Women’s groups are important rural social and financial institutions in South Asia. In India, a large majority of women’s groups programs are implemented through self-help groups (SHGs).

Experimental evidence shows interventions that reduce aflatoxin exposure can be cost-effective based on averted poisoning deaths and cancer cases alone; impacts on stunting imply additional health benefits. 
 

Intergenerational transmission of intrahousehold gender attitudes in Ethiopia--An analysis of current households with natal households of both the husband and wife.

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.

With emerging recognition of changing climates’ impact on agricultural productivity, a sharper lens is focused on how to target agricultural public investments for development.

Good governance plays a crucial role in how remittances affect food security & nutrition in Africa south of the Sahara.

More information is impactful only when beneficiaries deem the information relevant, and when they have both the power and incentives to act on it.

The potential for women’s self-help groups to improve access and use of public entitlement schemes in India.

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.

Examining developments in global agricultural production systems, climate change, and food security using IFPRI's IMPACT model.

The Impact of performance-based financing on faith-based healthcare in Uganda.

What drives policy reform after long periods of policy inertia? What factors shape the effectiveness of policy implementation following reform decisions?

Assessesing the economy-wide effects of Malawi’s export restrictions on maize and oilseeds, finding that short run benefits may be redered ineffective by production responses in the medium to long run.

Examines the interplay between Malawi’s input subsidy and access to extension services, and the impact of both on farm productivity and food security.

The strong linkages to food security and the environment place biomass energy at the heart of sustainable development.