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Background: Achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment is a major global priority.
Earned and unearned income: Experimental evidence on expenditures and labor supply in Malawi
Though the differential impacts of earned and unearned income have long been of interest to economists and policymakers, the study of this question is often conflated by other differences between the income streams.
The interplay between policy and COVID-19 outbreaks in South Asia: Longitudinal trend analysis of surveillance data
Background: COVID-19 transmission rates in South Asia initially were under control when governments implemented health policies aimed at controlling the pandemic such as quarantines, travel bans, and border-, business-, and school-closures.
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030) frames restoration as a momentous nature-based solution for achieving many of the ecological, economic, and social objectives outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals.
Contract farming, profitability, and adoption of food safety measures in broiler production in Bangladesh
This study, based on a primary survey conducted in Bangladesh in 2016, assesses the impact of contract farming in broiler production on profits and the adoption of food safety measures at the farm level.
Targeting the development of soft skills in developing countries: Evidence from a growing literature
More and more researchers and policymakers are interested in whether and how a broad array of skills, often summarized as non-cognitive skills, soft skills, life skills, or socioemotional skills, may benefit individuals in educational settings or
As COVID-19 spread across the globe in early 2020, governments had to make difficult policy choices to balance the socioeconomic costs of social distancing and lockdown measures, on the one hand, and the human costs of increased morbidity and mort
Information and communications technology (ICT) and agricultural extension in developing countries
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The combination of IFPRI’s cutting-edge research and Japan’s advanced technologies and know-how enable our work with Japan to not only address the current emergencies but also build resilience to future crises and support sustainable development.
The combination of IFPRI’s cutting-edge research and Japan’s advanced technologies and know-how enable our work with Japan to not only address the current emergencies but also build resilience to future crises and support sustainable development.
Among the important tasks of the UNFSS is identifying ways to finance the transformation of the global food system.
Food subsidies and cash transfers in Egypt: Evaluating general equilibrium benefits and trade-offs
Most Egyptians receive food subsidies, which are the cornerstone of the country’s social protection system. The government recently attempted to reduce subsidies, with limited success, and introduced a cash transfer program targeting the poor.
Provision of food safety requires not only regulation but also a demand pull where value chain participants demand food safety or are able to play their role in providing safe food.
Avoiding the road to nowhere: Policy insights on scaling up and sustaining digital health
Digital health solutions offer tremendous potential to enhance the reach and quality of health services and population-level outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Does economic shocks influence household's healthcare expenditure? Evidence from rural Nigeria
Health is profoundly influenced by several factors outside the traditional realm of healthcare.