Background: To address gaps in coverage and quality of nutrition services, Alive & Thrive (A&T) strengthened the delivery of maternal nutrition interventions through government antenatal care (ANC) services in Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Agricultural mechanization and gendered labor activities across sectors: Micro-evidence from multi-country farm household data
Gender differences in the engagement of work activities across sectors are important elements of gender inequality in rural livelihoods and welfare in developing countries.
The impacts of COVID-19 on migrants, remittances, and poverty in China: A microsimulation analysis
Chinese migrant workers are very exposed to the shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Falling remittances adversely affect their families who rely on remittance incomes.
The 2018 Indonesia Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) follows IFPRI's Standard Nexus SAM approach, by focusing on consistency, comparability, and transparency of data.
The 2015 Vietnam Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) follows IFPRI's Standard Nexus SAM approach, by focusing on consistency, comparability, and transparency of data.
The 2018 Cambodia Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) follows IFPRI's Standard Nexus SAM approach, by focusing on consistency, comparability, and transparency of data.
The 2018 Philippines Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) follows IFPRI's Standard Nexus SAM approach, by focusing on consistency, comparability, and transparency of data.
The 2018 Nepal Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) follows IFPRI's Standard Nexus SAM approach, by focusing on consistency, comparability, and transparency of data.
The 2018 Bangladesh Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) follows IFPRI's Standard Nexus SAM approach, by focusing on consistency, comparability, and transparency of data.
Rice cultivation in the NLPR regions has moved to higher latitudes.
India has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the context of a larger quasi-experimental impact assessment, we assess the pandemic’s effects on coping behavior in 80 villages spread across four districts and three states (n=772).
Impacts of sweeping agricultural marketing reforms in a poor state of India: Evidence from repeal of the APMC act
Bihar, among the poorest and least industrialized states in India implemented the most far reaching agricultural market reforms in 2006 by removing law (APMC act) that restricted farmers to selling in government regulated markets.
Preschool quality and women’s off-farm labor force participation: Evidence from China
We study the impact of preschool quality on off-farm work participation among women. We first develop a theoretical model that predicts higher qualities of preschools increase the likelihood of women’s off-farm labor force participation.
Climbing up the ladder and watching out for the fall: Poverty dynamics in rural Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, the pace of economic growth accelerated in recent years, with real GDP growing at a rate of 6.5 percent on average per year between 2010 and 2016, reaching 7.3 percent in 2017—the highest in the country’s history.
Impact of market reforms on technology adoption and profitability: The case of tomato farmers in India
Market reforms affect the development of agribusiness and remain contentious in many developing countries. This study contributes to the debate and the lack of evidence on the impact of marketing reforms on the welfare of farmers.