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Market Screener reported on a workshop that featured all the World Bank Gender Innovation Labs (GIL) discussing a range of initiatives, approaches, and lessons learned from their work across different world regions. Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, Kate Ambler presented results on the impact of the Uganda Farm and Family Balance Project on gender norms.  […]

This Daily Live published an article announcing that USAID has expressed commitment towards supporting policy processes through scientific research to enhance skills and mentoring through training and institutional capacity development in Nigeria.  The Nigerian government is committed to providing an enabling environment for Agriculture to thrive through the provision of solar dryers, agro-processing equipment, and inputs such as […]

University of Sydney (Charles Perkins Centre) published a press release about the 2021 Global Food Governance Conference that will address the political, economic and colonial systems and corporate structures that produce harmful food systems. Senior research coordinator, Namukolo Covic, in her keynote address will discuss outcomes from the UN Food Systems Summit. Earlier this year, Covic wrote that the summit […]

Pak Observer published an article that summarized events of the Pakistan Water Week including comments from Deputy Division Director Claudia Ringler who congratulated the IWMI Pakistan, PCRWR, and partners for the success of Pakistan Water Week 2021. She further remarked that she foresees more events that inspire international audiences to show the commitment of the people of Pakistan towards a water-secure […]

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 […]