Safety nets can be very effective at improving food security and reducing poverty, but have had limited or mixed effects on improving nutrition. This begs the question: is there something other than resources that's needed to improve child nutrition, particularly to accelerate reductions in child stunting? IFPRI designed and WFP implemented the Transfer Modality Research […]
Leveraging Social Protection for Improved Nutrition
Child stunting–that is, when children are too short for their age–is a serious issue. It is a consequence of inadequate nutrition and health, which reduce the chance that children will develop well, do well in school, earn a good living, and escape poverty. Although stunting in Bangladesh has dropped a lot over the past two […]
Can social protection tackle micronutrient deficiencies in Bangladesh?
IFPRI builds a stronger case for the power of cash transfers and high quality nutrition education to tackle Bangladesh's nutrition challenges.
Technical Symposium on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection
From December 4-5, 2017, the Ministry of Food has organized the Technical Symposium on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection, in collaboration with the FAO “Meeting the Undernutrition Challenge (MUCH)” project, UNICEF, WFP, IFPRI, and Save the Children. This is the second series of symposia focusing on nutrition-sensitive approaches and will be attended by representatives from the Government, […]
Improving Social Safety Nets
Social safety nets combined with nutrition behavior-change communication reduces childhood stunting.