The objective of IFPRI's multicountry research program on rural financial policies for food security of the poor is to identify policies and institutional arrangements that help the poor integrate themselves into sustainable savings and credi

The success of development policy depends on the ability to successfully anticipate the response of individuals to changing incentives. Often, however, actual responses differ from anticipated responses.

Group lending has received much attention in recent years because of its perceived potential in providing financial services to poor households that lack traditional collateral.

This paper examines the role of the extended family on investments in children, using data from a retrospective survey of three generations in the rural Philippines.

A food demand system is proposed, based on demand for energy, variety, and tastes of foods.

This paper presents new evidence on the association between gender and poverty based on an empirical analysis of 11 data sets from 10 developing countries.

This paper seeks to understand how market imperfections affect the behavior of consumers in China's rural economy. A theoretical and empirical model is developed and estimated using a household-level data from six counties in Hebei Province.

Within many African households, agricultural production is simultaneously carried out on many plots controlled by different members of the household.

Defining and interpreting food security, and measuring it in reliable, valid and cost-effective ways, have proven to be stubborn problems facing researchers and programs intended to monitor food security risks.

This paper reviews the econometric evidence on gender differences in agricultural productivity.

Previous research on the determinants of credit rationing exclusively focused on the behavior of formal lenders who contract directly with an individual borrower.

Breeding for food-staple plant varieties that load high amounts of iron and zinc in their seeds holds great promise for making a significant, low-cost, and sustainable contribution to reducing iron and zinc deficiencies in humans in developing cou