Director General of the Washington-based global food policy think tank International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Dr Johan Swinnen reached Dhaka on Saturday to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec). Headquartered in Dhaka, Bimstec is a regional organization (established in 1997) with […]
Blog: Supply- and demand-side barriers to reach uninsured farmers: Field-level insights on agricultural microinsurance in Bangladesh
By M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, Md. Aminul Karim, Raisa Shamma, Md. Redoy, and Julie Ghostlaw In Bangladesh, farmers are highly vulnerable to various types of shocks. Access to agricultural finance is critical for mitigating the impact of shocks on smallholder farmers. While microcredit has become a major tool for promoting poverty reduction, economic empowerment, and gender […]
Consumers feel the heat of war everywhere
The Daily Star (Bangladesh), in its review of the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war on the people of Bangladesh, quotes a report by the International Food Policy Research Institute released in July [2022] which said "Since the wheat grain supply is highly dependent on imports, we expect changes in world prices to have a relatively large effect on […]
Study: Trends and Inequities in Food, Energy, Protein, Fat, and Carbohydrate Intakes in Rural Bangladesh
NEW PUBLICATION In 2022, IFPRI researchers Phuong Nguyen, Akhter Ahmed, M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, Md. Masum Ali, and Julie Ghostlaw co-authored the article, “Trends and Inequities in Food, Energy, Protein, Fat, and Carbohydrate Intakes in Rural Bangladesh.” ABSTRACT Background Tracking dietary changes can inform strategies to improve nutrition, yet there is limited evidence on food consumption […]
New Publication: Social and financial incentives for overcoming a collective action problem
New Publication In February 2023, IFPRI Research Fellow M. Mehrab Bakhtiar co-authored the article, "Social and financial incentives for overcoming a collective action problem," published in Journal of Development Economics. Abstract Addressing public health externalities often requires community-level collective action. Due to social norms, each person’s sanitation investment decisions may depend on the decisions of […]
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