Bangladesh

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Bangladesh

Publications

journal article

Value-chain clusters and aquaculture innovation in Bangladesh

In Press

journal article

Nutrition behaviour change communication causes sustained effects on IYCN knowledge in two cluster-randomised trials in Bangladesh

2017

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Data & Tools

dataset

Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS) 2015

2016

The BIHS covers 6500 households in 325 primary sampling units

dataset

Women's empowerment in agriculture index (WEAI) pilot II for Bangladesh

2015

The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is a composite measurement tool that indicates women’s control over critical parts of their lives in the household, community, and economy. It allows us to identify women who are disempowered and…

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Blogs

IFPRI Blog

When maternal care is not enough: Risks of adolescent pregnancy in Bangladesh

Aug 16, 2017 | Purnima Menon, Phuong Hong Nguyen

Pregnancy carries more health risks for adolescent girls and their infants in Bangladesh than for older mothers, even when prenatal care and other services are provided.

IFPRI Blog

Starting off right: Scaling up breastfeeding practices in Bangladesh and Viet Nam

Jul 31, 2017 | Sunny Kim, Purnima Menon, Phuong Hong Nguyen

Interpersonal counseling and other targeted efforts boost breastfeeding and childhood nutrition—and can be applied most anywhere, IFPRI research shows.

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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…

Project

Targeting and Realigning Agriculture for Improved Nutrition (TRAIN)

Targeting and Realigning Agriculture for Improved Nutrition (TRAIN) is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Department for International Development (DFID), and is being implemented by IFPRI and BRAC from 2015 through 2020 in…

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Bangladesh

Value-chain clusters and aquaculture innovation in Bangladesh

Nutrition behaviour change communication causes sustained effects on IYCN knowledge in two cluster-randomised trials in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS) 2015

Women's empowerment in agriculture index (WEAI) pilot II for Bangladesh

When maternal care is not enough: Risks of adolescent pregnancy in Bangladesh

Starting off right: Scaling up breastfeeding practices in Bangladesh and Viet Nam

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

Bangladesh Food Security Investment Forum

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

Targeting and Realigning Agriculture for Improved Nutrition (TRAIN)