Bangladesh

Publications

journal article

Factors influencing the uptake of a mass media intervention to improve child feeding in Bangladesh

In Press

Mass media are increasingly used to deliver health messages to promote social and behaviour change, but there has been little evidence of mass media use for improving a set of child feeding practices, other than campaigns to promote breastfeeding.…

discussion paper

Using natural areas and empowering women to buffer food security and nutrition from climate shocks: Evidence from Ghana, Zambia, and Bangladesh

2018

As climate change makes precipitation shocks more common, policymakers are becoming increasingly interested in protecting food systems and nutrition outcomes from the damaging effects of droughts and floods (Wheeler and von Braun, 2013). Increasing…

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Data & Tools

dataset

BIHS Harmonized Dataset

2017

This dataset is was created by re-compiling available open, gender/sex-disaggregated Feed the Future datasets for Bangladesh and applying standard processing methods to enhance their accessibility and interoperability. This process entailed the…

dataset

Bangladesh Alive & Thrive Baseline Survey 2010

2017

This dataset is the result of an impact evaluation study undertaken to assess the impact of Alive & Thrive's (A&T) at-scale interventions that combine intensive interpersonal counseling, mass media, and community mobilization in Bangladesh. A&T is a…

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Blogs

IFPRI Blog

Research for agricultural insurance in South Asia: A regional dialogue

Jan 16, 2018 | Berber Kramer, Patrick Ward

A forum in Dhaka examines the promise and challenges of crop insurance for smallholders as a hedge against growing climate impacts.

IFPRI Blog

Girls, interrupted

Oct 10, 2017 | Smita Aggarwal

On the International Day of the Girl Child, IFPRI research shows the benefits of early health, nutrition, and education interventions—and the need for better data.

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Related Events

Country Workshop

IFPRI-PRSSP Workshop: Evidence-Based Policy Options for Food and Nutrition Security in Bangladesh

Oct 1, 2014

Background Food and nutrition security depends not only on food production and consumption but also on the policies that affect food systems, from farm to table. Since 1988, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has had a strong…

Special Event

Bangladesh Food Security Investment Forum

May 26, 2010

The Forum is organized by the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management with technical support from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), and the Food and Agriculture…

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Programs & Projects

Project

Impact Evaluation of DFID Programme to Accelerate Improved Nutrition for the Extreme Poor in Bangladesh

The DFID Programme to Accelerate Improved Nutrition for the Extreme Poor in Bangladesh (also known as Evaluation of Nutrition and Livelihoods Interventions in Bangladesh, or ENLIB) aims to improve nutrition outcomes for children, mothers, and…