India’s Business Standard reported on the potential for investing in women’s nutrition to boost the country’s economy by up to $46 billion.
India's The Wire published an opinion piece by Purnima Menon, in which she argued that stopping Muzaffarpur child deaths will require a gender-sensitive social analysis.
India’s Scroll.in reported on the state of child malnutrition in India, with an emphasis on mothers’ educational attainment as a key determinant of their children’s diets.
In a new op-ed, IFPRI researchers argue that a prompt Free Trade Agreement with the BIMSTEC bloc could improve food security and build resilience in the region. (Business Standard)
Quartz India published an article based on an IFPRI analysis of adolescent births in India. IFPRI researchers Phong Hong Nguyen, Samuel Scott and Purnima Menon analyzed 60,096 mother-child pairs, of which 14,107 women (about 25%) first gave birth during adolescence.
The Hindu published an editorial about India’s Integrated Child Development Services intervention program.
New Delhi: Expansion and utilization of one of India’s largest government-run community-based nutrition programs increased significantly between 2006 and 2016, especially among historically disadvantaged castes and tribes. But, women with low education and the poorest households are relatively more excluded from accessing program benefits. Among states too, while overall utilization has improved, high malnutrition states are relatively lagging.
Hindustan Times published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Harold Alderman regarding the effects of introducing choice--selecting the option of food or cash--to India's Public Distribution System.