Cash transfers are a widely used form of social protection, providing effective and efficient ways to reduce poverty and support well-being.
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Welfare and vulnerability: Findings from the first round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey
The first round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), a nationally and regionally representative phone survey, was implemented between December 2021 and February 2022 with 12,100 households.
Subnational public expenditures, short-term household-level welfare, and economic flexibility: Evidence from Nigeria
Public expenditures (PEs) are critical for key public-sector functions that contribute to the development and welfare improvements.
A review of Ghana’s planting for food and jobs program: Implementation, impacts, benefits, and costs
Farm input subsidies are widely used in Sub-Saharan African countries as a response to low adoption of fertilizers and seeds.
In 2019, almost 45 million immigrants lived in the United States, or about 13.7% of the total population
Is agricultural insurance fulfilling its promise for the developing world? A review of recent evidence
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Government transfers, COVID-19 shock, and food insecurity: Evidence from rural households in India
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has decimated the lives and livelihoods of people worldwide. The impact of COVID-19 has been especially devastating for low-income families in rural areas of India.
Le changement climatique constitue une menace croissante pour nos systèmes alimentaires, dont les implications sont graves pour la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle, les moyens de subsistance et le bien-être général, en particulier pour les p
Social protection programs are a central component of national strategies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to increase incomes for poor households and protect them from shocks to their livelihoods.
Climate change threatens our food systems and the multiple development goals linked to sustainable food system transformation. Action is urgently needed, both to increase adaptation and resilience and to achieve major emissions reductions
Climate change is a growing threat to our food systems, with grim implications for food and nutrition security, livelihoods, and overall well-being, especially for poor and vulnerable people around the world.
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a regional organization which came into being in 1997.
More evidence on cash transfers and child nutritional outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Cash transfer (CT) programmes are an increasingly common approach to alleviate poverty and inequality and improving child health and nutrition, as well as supporting other goals such as education.
The first round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS)–a nationwide phone panel consisting of 12,100 households–was implemented between December 2021 and February 2022.
Poverty and food insecurity during COVID-19: Phone-survey evidence from rural and urban Myanmar in 2020
Myanmar first experienced the COVID-19 crisis as a relatively brief economic shock in early 2020, before the economy was later engulfed by a prolonged surge in COVID-19 cases from September 2020 onwards.
We applaud Merike Blofield and colleagues (January, 2022)1 for highlighting the potential of cash transfer programmes to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Government transfers, COVID-19 shock, and food insecurity: Evidence from rural households in India
The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated the lives and livelihoods of people around the world. The impact of COVID-19 has been especially devastating for low-income families in rural areas of India.
Conditional cash transfers and high school attainment: Evidence from a large-scale program in the Dominican Republic
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs are widely implemented in developing countries but evidence of their medium- and long-term effects on educational achievements is still relatively scarce.