The EU refugee crisis: The tip of a global iceberg
The world’s developing countries host the overwhelming majority of refugees from all conflict and disaster areas.
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Public food transfers during a pandemic: Insights from Bangladesh
Public food transfer program provide a lifeline for the poor in both high- and low-income countries, and many countries stepped these up in response to COVID-19. But little is known about how effective these programs have been in reaching the poor duri…
Achieving sustainable agricultural practices: From incentives to adoption and outcomes
Sustainable agricultural practices enable more efficient use of natural resources, mitigate the impact of agriculture on the environment, and strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change and climate variability. Because these practices usually …
Troubling signs: Patterns of livelihood and food security changes during COVID-19 in rural and urban Bangladesh (June-July 2020)
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How to improve rural service delivery in developing countries: Complementarities, information, and incentives
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has for decades contributed significantly on key topics for effective service delivery. Building on earlier work, this brief summarizes research led by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Ins…
The palm oil dilemma: Policy tensions among higher productivity, rising demand, and deforestation
Managing the policy tensions among higher productivity, rising demand, and deforestation to avoid biodiversity losses and increased greenhouse gas emissions.
Negotiating agricultural trade: Options for moving forward
With WTO negotiations largely stalled, Joseph Glauber & Marie Parent offer some recommendations for moving the global trade agenda forward.
Responding to conflict: Does “Cash Plus” work for preventing malnutrition? New evidence from an impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition Program
An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations. Conflict has become a major driver of humanitarian crises globally, requ…
Egypt’s Takaful and Karama cash transfer program: Evaluation of program impacts and recommendations [in Arabic]
بدءًا من شهر مارس ۲۰۱ ٥، حرصت الحكومة المصرية على توفير دعم نقدي للأسر المصرية الواقعة تحت خط الفقر الأدني كوسيلة للحماية الاجتماعية لصالح الأسر من خلال أول برنامج مشروط للدعم النقدى وهو برنامج "تكافل وكرامة" الذي تديره وزارة التضامن الاجتماعي. ويدعم بر…
Egypt’s Takaful and Karama cash transfer program: Evaluation of program impacts and recommendations
Egypt has been providing cash to poor households through its first conditional cash transfer program, Takaful and Karama, a social protection program run by the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MoSS), since March 2015. Takaful (“Solidarity”) supports poo…