Social protection programs such as cash or food transfers support current poverty and inequality reduction goals, while at the same time enhance future productivity through human capital investments.
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on households’ income, jobs, and food security have continued despite perceptible reductions in transmission and lifting of restrictive policy measures in several countries.
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
The impacts of climate change are already occurring across the globe, from droughts to floods, damagingly high temperatures, and sea-level rise.
Despite progresses made over the last several decades, the prevalence of child malnutrition re-mains alarmingly high.
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.
Rapid transformations are occurring in food systems around the world with significant economic, health, and environmental implications.
Suboptimal dietary intake is a critical cause of poor maternal nutrition, with several adverse consequences both for mothers and for their children.
This policy brief examines the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 in Ethiopia so far, and suggests policy responses required to augment household welfare recovery and sustain poverty reduction.
The links between longstanding conflict, insecurity, and poverty are well recognized. Can COVID-19 provide a bridge for peace and rapprochement?
The COVID-19 pandemic and the economic policy measures taken to prevent its spread led to a global recession in 2020 that was expected to cause significant increases in poverty and food insecurity in many countries.
This price bulletin was developed by researchers at IFPRI Malawi with the goal of providing clear and accurate information on the weekly variation of retail prices for selected agricultural commodities that are important for food security and nutr
Malnutrition, largely attributable to poor diets among both the rich and poor, presents a growing challenge in Nigeria.
The COVID-19 pandemic has provoked a range of economic shocks, food systems shocks, public health crises and political upheavals across the globe, prompting a rethink of associated global systems.
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting national economies through several channels including global primary commodity trade and market disruptions.
As of October 2021, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in African countries are still unfolding.
As an outgrowth of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods (AUC 2014) established both a clear