In July 2023, IFPRI researchers published the open access article, "Comparing delivery channels to promote nutrition-sensitive agriculture: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh" in Food Security. Abstract We use a randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh to compare two models of delivering nutrition content jointly to husbands and wives: deploying female nutrition workers versus mostly […]
Publication – Diets of Men and Women in Rural Bangladesh Are Equitable but Suboptimal
In July 2023, IFPRI researchers published the open access article, "Diets of Men and Women in Rural Bangladesh Are Equitable but Suboptimal" in Current Developments in Nutrition. Abstract Background Recent evidence suggests that diet inequities between men and women may have diminished within rural Bangladeshi households. However, this has not been directly tested with appropriate […]
Publication: The prevalence and influencing factors of coexisting prediabetes and prehypertension among Bangladeshi adults
New Publication In June 2023, IFPRI researcher Md. Masum Ali and colleagues published the open access article, "The prevalence and influencing factors of coexisting prediabetes and prehypertension among Bangladeshi adults" in BMC Public Health. Abstract Background Early detection of diabetes and hypertension is helpful to prevent and/or delay the onset of these diseases through proper […]
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 […]