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Scale and sustainability: The impact of a women’s self-help group program on household economic well-being in India
Microfinance groups are a prominent source of small-scale rural credit in many developing countries.
Agricultural development projects increasingly aim to improve health and nutrition outcomes, often by engaging women.
Price predictors in an extended hedonic regression framework: An application to wholesale cattle markets in Ethiopia
Livestock markets influence income generation for producers, but also accessibility and affordability of highly nutritious animal-sourced foods for consumers.
The effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act on the size of outstanding debts in rural India
MGNREGA was introduced in India in 2005 with the aim to improve the livelihood of rural Indian households.
Advancing the agency of adolescent girls
More than 98 million adolescent girls are not in school. Can girls inuence their schooling without changes in their family's economic environment?
Background: Gestational weight gain (GWG) below or above the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations has been associated with adverse perinatal outcomes.
Poor households in rural Bangladesh often face concurring idiosyncratic and aggregate shocks, which have adverse impacts on their income and consumption.
Growth and growth trajectory among infants in early life: Contributions of food insecurity and water insecurity in rural Zimbabwe
Introduction Stunting or linear growth faltering, measured by length-for-age Z-score (LAZ), remains a significant public health challenge, particularly in rural low-income and middle-income countries.
A mathematical modelling tool for estimating the survival, health, and nutritional impacts of scaling intervention coverage in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
Unhealthy diets are a critical global concern while dietary measure methods are time consuming and expensive.
There is a gender wage gap (men earning more than women) in labour market of most countries, to varying degrees, is widely recognised in relevant literature.
Health-related quality of life and coping strategies adopted by COVID-19 survivors: A nationwide cross-sectional study in Bangladesh
Intoduction: This study aims to investigate the health-related quality of life and coping strategies among COVID-19 survivors in Bangladesh.
Implementation and maintenance of infant dietary diversity in Zimbabwe: contribution of food and water insecurity
Background
Inadequate food and water resources negatively affect child health and the efficiency of nutrition interventions.
Low coverage of effective nutrition interventions in many high-burden countries, due to service provision and demand factors, result in poor uptake of recommended practices and nutrition outcomes.
Understanding maternal food choice for preschool children across urban–rural settings in Vietnam
Improving diet quality of preschool children is challenging in countries undergoing food environment and nutrition transition.
Reply to: Intergenerational nutrition benefits of India’s national school feeding program: Reality or a bridge too far?
The economic costs of a multisectoral nutrition programme implemented through a credit platform in Bangladesh
Bangladesh struggles with undernutrition in women and young children. Nutrition-sensitive agriculture programmes can help address rural undernutrition. However, questions remain on the costs of multisectoral programmes.