Research Posts

RESEARCH POSTS

Concise highlights of IFPRI research findings and research issues

Blogs
Research shows free school feeding programs improve health and nutrition outcomes not only for participants, but later for their children.
Research Posts
IFPRI's South Asia Office, in collaboration with the UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA) and others, examine the alignment of national nutrition policies and programs with global recommendations, and assess the availability of data to track progress on nutrition actions across the eight South Asian countries
Blogs
Changes in women's empowerment in the household, women's diet diversity, and their relationship against the background of COVID-19 in Southern Bangladesh.
Blogs
A new credit model by Dvara E-Registry issues loans based on georeferenced crop pictures and associated satellite imagery for a farmer’s plots.
Blogs
Public food transfer programs have traditionally been the most common social protection programs in Bangladesh
Research Posts
The long-term social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are unknown, but many worry that lockdown-related school closures lasting months will have enduring effects.
Blogs
The transition to phone-based surveys has almost eliminated the need for physical contact.
Research Posts
Women in rural India have always experienced a high and growing incidence of common mental disorders, and often have no or little recourse.
Research Posts
Many developing countries face a double burden of malnutrition, where the prevalence of obesity and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) linked to overnutrition are rising.