The poverty situation in Bangladesh was higher than expected in 2020-21 as the COVID constrained economic activity and reduced incomes. The situation worsened further amid spirals in global food prices in 2022. And the global economic slowdown could push more people into poverty this year. A researcher at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) […]
Global Food Policy Report 2023 launched
The International Food Policy Research Institute has published the Global Food Policy Report 2023 at Kathmandu in Nepal. IFPRI’s South Asia Regional Office, in partnership with the Institute for Integrated Development Studies, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation and the Indian Council of […]
Food inflation rate in BD lower than in Sri Lanka, Pakistan: Report
In September 2022, the year-on-year consumer inflation rate for food was 66 per cent in Sri Lanka, 36 per cent in Pakistan, and about 8 per cent in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. The inflation in Pakistan and Sri Lanka is attributed mainly to macroeconomic instability and mismanagement, especially the sharp devaluation of their currencies, and […]
Blog – Resilience and COVID-19: Insights into fish and shrimp value chains in Bangladesh
The onset of COVID-19 and its accompanying lockdowns disrupted agri-food value chains across South Asia. Despite this, South Asian agri-food value chains recovered quickly and were largely resilient. Yet there is limited understanding of the drivers that enabled such recovery.
New Publication: Private transfers, public transfers, and food insecurity during the time of COVID-19: Evidence from Bangladesh
New Publication In April 2023, IFPRI researchers Akhter Ahmed, M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, Daniel O. Gilligan, John Hoddinott, and Shalini Roy published the open access article, "Private transfers, public transfers, and food insecurity during the time of COVID-19: Evidence from Bangladesh" in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. Abstract In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, interest […]
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