Quantifying the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on poverty in Africa has been as difficult as predicting the path of the pandemic, mainly due to data limitations.
Digital technologies can expand access to health services to underserved populations. This paper leverages mobile network expansion and survey data spanning two decades to study the impact of access to mobile phones on infant mortality in Africa.
The report finds that repurposing a portion of government spending on agriculture each year to develop and disseminate more emission-efficient technologies for crops and livestock could reduce overall emissions from agriculture by more than 40 per
This paper assesses the impact of Ethiopia's flagship social protection program, the Productive Safety Net Program on the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food and nutrition security of households, mothers, and children.
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across the world, researchers are attempting to quantify the economic fallout from the pandemic as it continues to unfold.
This report presents the endline findings of an impact evaluation of the JEEViKA Multisectoral Convergence pilot, designed as an effectiveness trial, in one district in Bihar, India.
This document summarizes evidence and guidance on project design and results framework indicators for nutrition-sensitive irrigation and water management investments for which improving nutrition in vulnerable populations is a specific objective o
"Voici le résumé d’un rapport rédigé par un groupe de travail interdisciplinaire et inter-organismes sous la direction de Christopher Delgado, du service Agriculture et développement rural de la Banque mondiale, Met auquel ont été associés de
"This is the executive summary of a report drafted by an interdisciplinary and interagency task team led by Christopher Delgado of the Agriculture and Rural Development Department of the World Bank, involving staff and consultants from the Wo
"Éste es el resumen ejecutivo de un informe redactado por un equipo de trabajo interdisciplinario e interinstitucional dirigido por Christopher Delgado del Departamento de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural del Banco Mundial, con la participación
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) under current conditions poses a major risk to human and animal health. Efforts to contain the disease are therefore in national and global interest.