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book chapter

Challenges and opportunities for hybrid rice in Bangladesh

Many studies suggest that hybrid rice can contribute to food security in developing countries, especially in parts of Asia where rice production is so vital to the rural economy and where rice remains a staple of both urban and rural food consumpt

discussion paper

Social and financial incentives for overcoming a collective action problem

Addressing public health externalities often requires community-level collective action. Each person’s sanitation behavior can affect the health of neighbors.

project paper

Bangladesh: The impact of COVID-19 and food system responses

While Bangladesh has had reactionary responses to the newer waves of COVID-19, it is projected that the country could face severe consequences if the Delta variant detected in May 2021 spreads.

journal article

Women’s empowerment and gender equality in agricultural value chains: Evidence from four countries in Asia and Africa

Women play important roles at different nodes of both agricultural and off-farm value chains, but in many countries their contributions are either underestimated or limited by prevailing societal norms or gender-specific barriers.

working paper

Diagnostic study of the Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU) in Bangladesh: Current structure, output, and analytical capacity (human and logistical)

For almost fifty years, the Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU) of the Ministry of Food has played a role in policy analysis and planning related to the Public Foodgrain Distribution System (PFDS) and food policy in Bangladesh.

Price instability is a fact of life. In a market economy, domestic prices change in response to changes in supply, consumer preferences, policy, world prices, and other factors.

working paper

Rice fortification in Bangladesh: Technical feasibility and regulatory requirement for introducing rice fortification in public modern storage/distribution of fortified rice through PFDS channels

Micronutrients, often referred to as vitamins and minerals are vital to healthy development, disease prevention, and wellbeing.

dataset

A&T Bangladesh Urban Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2020: Health Facility Assessment

This dataset is the result of the health facility assessment survey that was conducted to gather data for the baseline part of the impact evaluation study of the Alive & Thrive (A&T) interventions delivered through the Urban Maternal, Neon