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Many development agencies are designing and implementing value chain interventions that aim to reach, benefit, and empower rural women.
This paper examines the economic and food security implications of climate change in Africa with a focus on population and income growth, agricultural livelihoods and food security, and the role of gender and youth.
Bringing power to the people or the well-connected? Evidence from Ethiopia on the gendered effects of decentralizing service delivery
Decentralization, or devolution of authority to lower levels of government, is often motivated by its potential to make service delivery more responsive to citizens’ preferences.
These files comprise dataset and do-files for reproducing results presented in the article, "Perceptions of Relative Deprivation and Women's Empowerment" (Kosec, Mo, Schmidt, and Song, 2021).
This is the third round of the Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS).
The Feed the Future Phase One Zone of Influence (ZOI) Endline Survey was implemented by IFPRI through Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS) 2018-2019.
The purpose of the US Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS) 2018/2019 baseline survey in Bangladesh is to provide the U.S.
Funded under the Feed the Future (FTF) Initiative, the Bangladesh Agricultural Value Chains (AVC) project was implemented by Development Alternatives International (DAI) and strove to improve food and nutrition security through strengthened agricu
Variation in women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence across the rural-urban continuum in Ethiopia
Little is known about the impacts of urbanization on women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV).
Gender equity considerations in food environments of low and middle income countries: A scoping review
This study presents the results of a scoping literature review of gender equity in food environments of low- and middle-income countries.
Could Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PM-GKY) mitigate COVID-19 shocks in the agricultural sector: Evidence from northern India
While the COVID-19 pandemic resulted about 24% decline in Indian GDP during April-June 2020 quarter, the nation’s agricultural sector, somewhat surprisingly, seems to have done remarkably well during the same period.
De nombreux efforts ont été récemment mis en oeuvre pour élucider les liens entre l'agriculture, la nutrition et le bien-être (1–6) et voir dans quelle mesure les programmes d’agriculture axés sur la nutrition peuvent améliorer ces résultats (7).
Over the past two decades Indonesia has undergone a major economic transformation including reducing the poverty rate by more than half to a current level of about 10% and becoming the 10th largest economy in the world.
Investments in adolescent health have the potential to influence the future course of global health by improving the health and nutritional status of adolescents themselves, their life trajectories in adulthood, and the lives of their future child
Cette étude a répondu à la préoccupation selon laquelle les programmes agricoles axés sur la nutrition et destinés aux femmes peuvent avoir un impact négatif sur leur utilisation du temps et, par conséquent, sur la santé et la nutrition des femmes
Social inclusion is defined by the World Bank Group as the process of improving the terms of individuals and groups to take part in society, and the process of improving the ability, opportunity, and dignity of those disadvantaged based on their i
India is home to over 6 million women’s groups, including self-help groups. There has been no evidence synthesis on whether and how such groups improve women’s and children’s health.
Gender-inclusive governance of “self-help” groups in rural Kenya
There is vast literature on groups as a useful mechanism for rural development, especially for women. However, for group participation to fulfil on potential benefits to women, gender-specific constraints must be addressed.
Background: Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) are a group of 1.4 million community health workers that operate throughout rural India as a part of the Integrated Child Development Services program.