Egypt’s recent economic success will almost certainly be interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This dataset is a cleaned subset of a household survey conducted in and around the Rohingya settlement camps in Southeastern Bangladesh.
We provide new evidence on the impact of social protection interventions on household size and the factors that cause the household size to change: fertility, child fosterage, and in and out migration related to work and marriage.
Despite evolving evidence that Africa is experiencing urbanization in a different way, empirical evaluations of the welfare implications of urban-development programs in Africa remain scant.
African governments have made youth employment a policy priority, and African youth are demanding policies that improve their job prospects.
Refugees and conflict-affected people: Integrating displaced communities into food systems
Humanitarian interventions that have the greatest likelihood of success involve investing in local agrifood systems and including conflict-affected people in strategies for building, reviving, or strengthening these systems.
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.
Temporary migration and climate variation in eastern Africa
Africa is likely to experience warming and increased climate variability by the late 21st century. Climate extremes have been linked to adverse economic outcomes.
The decision of whether to migrate or not is one of many potentially important decisions that young men and women make throughout the developing world.
Determinants of migration among rural youth throughout the world
The decision of whether to migrate or not is one of several important decisions made by young men and women throughout the developing world.
On June 27, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan announced plans to move towards a system of ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ (ONORC).
There is increasing interest in understanding if social protection can foster social cohesion, particularly between refugees and host communities.
Food crises and distress migration will continue to plague the African continent in the decades ahead unless massive investments are made to make the region’s agriculture and food systems more resilient.
The share of working-age young people in Africa south of the Sahara has risen due to past declines in mortality coupled with high fertility.
Chapter 8 combine household and firm level analysis for Tanzania to examine what determines the success of rural nonfarm enterprises, including the role of young entrepreneurs.