Direct cash transfers coupled with behaviour change communication (BCC) can reduce violence against women inflicted by their partners by more than a quarter, according to a study. The study said the reduction in violence was found six to 10 months after the intervention ended, providing the first evidence that such benefits can be sustained by […]
A Catch-22 in Safety Net Targeting in Bangladesh (BLOG)
A Bureaucratic Catch-22: Study in Bangladesh Shows How Safety Nets Can Overlook the Poorest Around the world, governments and development partners make hard choices on how to invest their limited resources to help the needy. But in a country like Bangladesh, where almost one fourth of the population of 165 million lives below the poverty line, […]
IFPRI-FAO Global Conference: Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition
IFPRI and FAO are organizing a global conference on Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition in late November 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. This event is aligned with the imperatives of the Compact2025 initiative and the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition to make accelerated progress on hunger and undernutrition by 2025 to pave the way for achieving all […]
BIHS Round 3 Survey Training
IFPRI's Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS), one of the most comprehensive, nationally representative open data sources in the country, has emerged as a global public good since the first round survey in 2012. Now, IFPRI is preparing to launch the third round survey.
IFPRI Engages in High-Level Policy Talks on Hunger and Malnutrition
Bold goals like ending hunger and malnutrition requires commitment from the highest policymaking circles. IFPRI met with the Speaker of Parliament to discuss how IFPRI and the Government can work together to accelerate progress.