Africa, a continent of immense potential, stands at a crucial juncture.

Mobile phones are rapidly being adopted in less developed countries, with widely acknowledged commensurate socio-economic benefits, including United Nations SDGs advocating for increased ownership of mobile phones to promote women’s empowerment.

Recent global crises have led to diverse impacts across the world’s low- and middle-income regions, reflecting local conditions and differing policy responses.

Background

Background

In this interactive we develop a typology to help design and improve spatial targeting of food and nutrition security (FNS) interventions.

Numerous approaches have been developed by researchers for measuring intra-household decision-making.

Food system transformation provides the opportunity to shift current trends in all forms of malnutrition, prioritizing the availability and affordability of nutritious food for all – from shifting priorities in agricultural production, to improved

Microfinance groups are a prominent source of small-scale rural credit in many developing countries.

Agricultural development projects increasingly aim to improve health and nutrition outcomes, often by engaging women.

Livestock markets influence income generation for producers, but also accessibility and affordability of highly nutritious animal-sourced foods for consumers.

Background

MGNREGA was introduced in India in 2005 with the aim to improve the livelihood of rural Indian households.

More than 98 million adolescent girls are not in school. Can girls inuence their schooling without changes in their family's economic environment?

Adolescence is a critical period of physical and psychological development, especially for girls as poor nutrition can affect their well-being as well as the well-being of their children.

Background: Gestational weight gain (GWG) below or above the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations has been associated with adverse perinatal outcomes.

Poor households in rural Bangladesh often face concurring idiosyncratic and aggregate shocks, which have adverse impacts on their income and consumption.

Most studies of intrahousehold resource allocation examine outcomes and do not consider the decision-making process by which those outcomes are achieved.

The 2003 Maputo Declaration aimed at boosting African agriculture requires governments to make difficult decisions on budget priorities. Furthermore, tracking the progress of the initiative presents problems.