Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI)

Description

In Bangladesh and elsewhere, social safety nets help to reduce household poverty and food insecurity, but yield few improvements in child nutrition.

In 2012-14, IFPRI partnered with the UN World Food Programme on a two-year study to determine which form of safety net transfer–cash or food–works best for the ultra poor in rural Bangladesh and whether impacts of these transfers change when linked to nutrition behavior change communication (BCC). Results from TMRI have provided the proof of concept that combining social safety net transfers with nutrition BCC can significantly improve household food security and child nutrition.

For more information, please contact the Principal Investigator Akhter Ahmed.

RELATED PUBLICATIONS

Understanding intra-household food allocation rules: Evidence from a randomized social safety net intervention in Bangladesh
Coleman, Fiona M.; Ahmed, Akhter; Roy, Shalini; Hoddinott, John. 2023

Series: IFPRI Discussion Paper
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all; G Cross-cutting gender theme; Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI)
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA

Discussion paper

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Transfer Modality Research Initiative: Impacts of combining social protection and nutrition in Bangladesh
Ahmed, Akhter; Hoddinott, John F.; Roy, Shalini. 2021

Series: Policy Note
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; CRP4; Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI); PRSSP; CRP2; 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all; 5 Strengthening Institutions and Governance
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA

Project Note

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Did prior receipt of nutrition-sensitive social protection build resilience to COVID-19 in rural Bangladesh?
Ahmed, Akhter; Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab; Hoddinott, John F.; Quabili, Wahid; Roy, Shalini. 2021

Series:
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI); CRP2; 1 Fostering Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Food Supply; 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all; PRSSP; Bangladesh Agricultural Policy Activity
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA

White Paper

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Post-program impacts of transfer programs on child development: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh
Ahmed, Akhter; Hamadani, Jena Derakhshani; Hassan, Md. Zahidul; Hidrobo, Melissa; Hoddinott, John F.; Koch, Bastien; Raghunathan, Kalyani; Roy, Shalini. 2021

Series: IFPRI Discussion Paper
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; DCA; CRP2; Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI); 1 Fostering Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Food Supply; PRSSP
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA

Discussion paper

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Social protection and sustainable poverty reduction: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh
Ahmed, Akhter; Hidrobo, Melissa; Hoddinott, John F.; Koch, Bastien; Roy, Shalini; Tauseef, Salauddin. 2020

Series: IFPRI Discussion Paper
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI); CRP2; 1 Fostering Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Food Supply; PRSSP
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA

Discussion paper

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Food transfers, cash transfers, behavior change communication and child nutrition: Evidence from Bangladesh
Ahmed, Akhter; Hoddinott, John F.; Roy, Shalini. 2019

Series: IFPRI Discussion Paper
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; CRP2; 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all; 1 Fostering Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Food Supply; Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI); PRSSP
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA

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Can transfers and behavior change communication reduce intimate partner violence four years post-program? Experimental evidence from Bangladesh
Roy, Shalini; Hidrobo, Melissa; Hoddinott, John F.; Koch, Bastien; Ahmed, Akhter. 2019

Series: IFPRI Discussion Paper
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; CRP2; 1 Fostering Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Food Supply; G Cross-cutting gender theme; Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI); PRSSP
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA

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Transfers, nutrition programming, and economic well-being: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh
Ahmed, Akhter; Hoddinott, John F.; Roy, Shalini; Sraboni, Esha. 2019

Series: IFPRI Discussion Paper
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; CRP2; 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all; 5 Strengthening Institutions and Governance; CRP2; Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI); PRSSP
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA

Discussion paper

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Which kinds of social safety net transfers work best for the ultra poor in Bangladesh? Operation and impacts of the transfer modality research initiative
Ahmed, Akhter; Hoddinott, John F.; Roy, Shalini; Sraboni, Esha; Quabili, Wahidur R.; Margolies, Amy. 2016

Series:
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI2; CRP2; G Cross-cutting gender theme; 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all; Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI); CRP4; PRSSP
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA

Report

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Safety nets in Bangladesh: Which form of transfer is most beneficial?
Ahmed, Akhter U.; Sraboni, Esha; Shaba, Fiona K.. 2014

Series:
IFPRI descriptor:IFPRI1; E Building Resilience; E.1 Policies, institutions and investments for resilient social systems; Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI); PRSSP
Countries/Regions:BANGLADESH; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA

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RELATED NEWS/EVENTS

Publication – Food Transfers, Cash Transfers, Behavior Change Communication and Child Nutrition: Evidence from Bangladesh

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