It is critical to identify policies and interventions that have led to sustainable reductions in poverty and hunger. New IFPRI research will build on past studies (such as earlier work on commercialization, infrastructure, famine prevention, vulnerability, and shocks) to understand what policies, interventions, and circumstances have been conducive to reducing poverty and undernourishment, especially in preschool children, and the long-term effects of such policies. The role of gender inequities in perpetuating undernutrition will remain high on IFPRI's agenda. IFPRI will continue to participate in designing and evaluating innovative poverty alleviation programs that simultaneously improve child nutrition and other dimensions of human development, such as health and education.
- Pathways from Poverty
Leaders: John Hoddinott and Agnes Quisumbing - Large-Scale Interventions to Enhance Human Capital
Leader: Michelle Adato and Akhter Ahmed - Institutions and Infrastructure for Market Development
Leader: Maximo Torero