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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).
Improving food safety on the farm: Experimental evidence from Kenya on incentives and subsidies for technology adoption
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.
Like father, like son, like mother, like daughter: Intergenerational transmission of intrahousehold gender attitudes in Ethiopia
Intergenerational transmission of intrahousehold gender attitudes in Ethiopia--An analysis of current households with natal households of both the husband and wife.
Geography of public service delivery in rural Ethiopia
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.
Budgetary influence under information asymmetries: Evidence from Nigeria’s subnational agricultural investments
With emerging recognition of changing climates’ impact on agricultural productivity, a sharper lens is focused on how to target agricultural public investments for development.
Governance quality, remittances and their implications for food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa
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.
Cash transfers increase trust in local government
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.
Agricultural investments and hunger in Africa modeling potential contributions to SDG2 – Zero Hunger
Examining developments in global agricultural production systems, climate change, and food security using IFPRI's IMPACT model.
Grants vs. credits for improving the livelihoods of ultra-poor: Evidence from Ethiopia
Long-term impacts of an unanticipated spike in food prices on child growth in Indonesia
Do incentives matter when working for god? The impact of performance-based financing on faith-based healthcare in Uganda
The Impact of performance-based financing on faith-based healthcare in Uganda.
The kaleidoscope model of policy change: Applications to food security policy in Zambia
What drives policy reform after long periods of policy inertia? What factors shape the effectiveness of policy implementation following reform decisions?
Achieving food security and industrial development in Malawi: Are export restrictions the solution?
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.
The impact of agricultural extension services in the context of a heavily subsidized input system: The case of Malawi
Examines the interplay between Malawi’s input subsidy and access to extension services, and the impact of both on farm productivity and food security.
Policies for a sustainable biomass energy sector in Malawi: enhancing energy and food security simultaneously
The strong linkages to food security and the environment place biomass energy at the heart of sustainable development.