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There is an enormous interest in development interventions aimed at reducing behavioural poverty traps, including by raising women's and girls' aspirations, or future-oriented goals.
Adequate dietary diversity among infants is often suboptimal in developing countries.
The livelihoods of wetland (Haor) communities living in northeastern region of Bangladesh are largely dependent on agriculture.
Using cognitive interviewing to bridge the intent-interpretation gap for nutrition coverage survey questions in India
Designing survey questions that clearly and precisely communicate the question's intent and elicit responses based on the intended interpretation is critical but often undervalued.
The impacts of COVID-19 on migrants, remittances, and poverty in China: A microsimulation analysis
Chinese migrant workers are very exposed to the shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Falling remittances adversely affect their families who rely on remittance incomes.
Adoption of multiple sustainable land management practices among irrigator rural farm households of Ethiopia
Using a household and plot-level survey conducted in Ethiopia, this study analyzes the difference in farmers’ adoption of sustainable land management (SLM) practices between their rainfed and irrigated plots.
Immediate impacts of the Myanmar intervention indicate an improvement in women's dietary diversity scores by half a food group out of 10.
The effects of income fluctuations on undernutrition and overnutrition across the lifecycle
This study uses individual level data from a 13-year, nationally representative rotating panel survey of Kyrgyzstan to estimate the effects of fluctuations in predicted income on health and nutrition outcomes from early childhood to adulthood.
Provision and utilisation of health and nutrition services during COVID-19 pandemic in urban Bangladesh
The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to have profound effects on healthcare systems, but little evidence exists on service provision, utilisation, or adaptations.
Maternal depression is associated with less dietary diversity among rural Nepali children
Maternal depression has been associated with adverse child growth and development; less is known about its relation to children's diet.
Increased deployment of agricultural extension agents (EAs) in rural areas is recommended to spur agricultural productivity and mitigate spatial imbalances in welfare.
This article analyzes how urban proximity introduces spatial heterogeneity in farm productivity within the high-value dairy sector in Ethiopia.