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The Hindu published an article stating that the Lok Sabha, Congress member Deepak Baij asked whether malnutrition among children had increased during the pandemic period. The Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani said, “To ensure continuous nutritional support to beneficiaries, Anganwadi workers and helpers distributed supplementary nutrition at the doorstep of beneficiaries once in 15 days during COVID-19 […]

Indian Express published an interview with senior research fellow Purnima Menon and Madhukar Pai who are both volunteers with India Covid SOS discuss the Omicron variant, vaccination in India and focus areas in Covid management. Menon and Pai stated that the India Covid SOS team was hearing stories of innovation and resilience. These stories needed to be preserved to hold […]

Dhaka Tribune published an article writing that only in a few exceptional cases, a well-orchestrated strategy of making growth more inclusive was able to simultaneously attain higher growth and lower inequality. The article mentions a paper titled Ascent, Descent, Churning, Persistence and Permanent Escape: Contemporary Poverty Dynamics in Rural Bangladesh, the authors provided new evidence on the poverty […]

Observer Research Foundation published an article stating that eleven million people in Afghanistan are experiencing food insecurity, and 97 percent of the country’s population are on the brink of universal poverty by mid-2022. The article included a video of a roundtable discussion that discusses how to enhance food security in Afghanistan. Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon participated in the discussion. She said, […]

Deccan Herald published an op-ed by Senior research fellow Purnima Menon who writes that one could quibble with the index itself, but after all these years — all the way from 2006 — perhaps it is time to just accept that it will be released every year, and accept that it simply reflects the state of the component indicators that […]

Dhaka Tribune published an article on the recent conference where researchers, policymakers, towards improving nutrition, and it is high time to discuss how to turn the tide on malnutrition as t and policy implementers stated that the pandemic has slowed down the region’s steady progress in the region appears to be returning to some form of normalcy. Senior […]

Eco-Business (India) published an article on carbon and climate and stated that the world’s third-largest emitter (India) of the potent greenhouse gas is hesitant to join global phase-down efforts. Senior research fellow Suresh Babu said, “Though India has seen some strong determination to mitigate climate change by focusing on renewable energy. Its agriculture sector has not received much attention” […]

IPP Media published an article on the latest CAADP conference. The takeaway from the conference is that we should be reminded that hunger, beyond the physical discomfort, is a humiliating experience that deprives individuals of their dignity and basic human right. Hunger ultimately affects all aspects of our development agenda as a continent. This conference was well […]

Financial Express (Bangladesh) published an article on the recent ‘Annual BIDS Conference on Development (ABCD)’, organized by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).  Research Fellow Emeritus Nurul Islam, who is the former deputy chairman of planning commission presented the keynote paper at the inauguration event. He pointed that the RMG sector and the remittance inflow are at the […]

The Daily Star (Bangladesh) reported on Senior Fellow Emeritus Nurul Islam‘s keynote speech at the inaugural of the “Annual BIDS Conference on Development.” Although Bangladesh has been able to cut the rate of poverty in its 50 years of journey, inequality has increased. “Poverty has reduced in Bangladesh, all the statistics have proved it, but inequality has increased.”