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 […]
Migration induced by climate change
That submergence of coastal areas following sea-level rise has long been predicted but how it will trigger internal migration has not been studied systematically. A study under the title 'Coastal Climate Change, Soil Salinity and Human Migration in Bangladesh' carried in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IPFRI) and the Ohio State University […]
Two lakh people likely to migrate from coastal areas
Rise in sea level has brought about increased soil salinity that is likely to force nearly 200,000 coastal residents to migrate inland in search of alternative livelihoods, according to a landmark study by researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Ohio State University. The study examines, for the first time, the […]
Sea-level rise to make 0.2m internal migrants
Increased soil salinity for sea-level rises is likely to make nearly 0.2 million coastal residents internally displaced in Bangladesh, a study showed. The climate-induced changes will force them to migrate to inland areas to find alternate livelihoods, it said on Monday. The study examined, for the first time, a complex link between flooding, soil salinity, […]
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, […]
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