By Akhter Ahmed, Country Representative, IFPRI-Bangladesh The latest findings from the 2022 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES), published by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in December 2023, reveal remarkable reductions in poverty. The official headcount rate for moderate poverty (the proportion of people living below the upper poverty line) decreased by 23.0 per […]
Blog – The impact of marriage timing on women’s agency: Evidence from rural Bangladesh
Early marriage remains a pervasive issue in developing countries, with an estimated 650 million women globally married before the age of 18. This is a particular challenge in South Asia, where the prevalence of child marriage is significantly higher than in other parts of the world, with one third of women between the ages of […]
Publication – Cracking the code of hatchery-based mass production of mola for nutrition-sensitive aquaculture
In October 2023, researchers from IFPRI, WorldFish, Michigan State University, and Biswal Aquatech researchers published the article, "Cracking the code of hatchery-based mass production of mola for nutrition-sensitive aquaculture" in Frontiers in Aquaculture. Abstract Introduction: Small indigenous fish species (SIS) can be particularly rich in micronutrients and make a crucial contribution toward improving human nutrition. The […]
BLOG – Bridging the smallholder finance gap: Collaborative research with WeGro in Bangladesh
Farmers in many low- and middle-income countries face a major financial gap, with available resources often insufficient to enable them to increase production—and putting many higher-value products with the greatest potential to increase incomes out of reach. Yet banks and other formal financial institutions shy away from lending to smallholder farmers. There are several reasons […]
Join Our Team – Associate Research Fellow/Research Fellow
IFPRI seeks an Associate Research Fellow or Research Fellow to join an established research team for a two-year, renewable appointment in its Poverty Gender, and Inclusion (PGI) Unit. This position is based at the IFPRI Country Office in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The selected candidate will conduct policy-relevant, applied microeconomics research with a primary focus on Bangladesh. […]
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