Rohingya refugees are highly vulnerable to many challenges. IFPRI and Cornell researchers joined hands to examine the associations between receipt of an electronic food voucher (e-voucher) compared with food rations on the nutritional status of Rohingya children living in refugee camps in Bangladesh. The study found that, in a humanitarian assistance setting (i.e. Rohingya refugee […]
Dataset: Food Transfers & Nutrition in Rohingya Camps
Background Between August-October 2017, there was an influx of Rohingya refugees into Cox’s Bazar district near the southeastern tip of Bangladesh—more than doubling the population living in the area. There, they joined more than 200,000 Rohingya displaced over the previous 20 years. Currently, around 1 million Rohingya live in Bangladesh. IFPRI conducted a study, “Food […]
Refugee crisis, restricted migration threaten food security: speakers
The Rohingya refugee crisis and increased restrictions by the developed nations on immigration into their countries threaten the food security in Bangladesh, speakers said at a food policy discussion on Thursday. The International Food Policy Research Institute held the discussion on the eve of launching its Global Food Policy Report 2008 at a Dhaka hotel […]