27 February, 2020 Bob Baulch , Danielle Resnick The fact that African opposition parties increasingly turn to the courts when they lose elections indicates that perceptions of judicial independence are improving. But frequent recourse to the courts can undermine trust in the electoral process and indicates that basic democratic mechanisms are not functioning properly. LILONGWE/WASHINGTON, DC […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
Ghana still suffers in nutrition-related diseases – Planning Minister
23rd January 2020 By Iddi Yire, Ghana News Agency Professor George Gyan-Baffour, Minister for Planning has said despite the commendable progress made in reducing malnutrition over the last three decades, Ghana still suffers from the triple burden of malnutrition, under-nutrition, over nutrition and micro-nutrition deficiencies. He said this burden had yielded direct and indirect causes […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
Climate and Poverty in Africa South of the Sahara
Smallholder farmers appear to be the most vulnerable to weather variability, both for floods and droughts, compared to both large-holder farmers and non-farming households. Source: IFPRI Ghana
Strengthening poverty analysis to support innovative solutions
Poverty and hunger are on the rise globally despite economic progress. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), designed a program to consider innovative approaches to achieving the first two of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): ending hunger and poverty. This a […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
The road to women’s economic empowerment: Do women (and men) prefer on or off the farm?
November 1, 2019 by Berber Kramer and Isabel Lambrecht Improving women’s economic empowerment continues to be the focus of a wide range of development projects, ranging from vocational trainings to microcredit to cash and asset transfers. In rural farming areas, such programs face the question of which approach is most effective—improving women’s access to agricultural […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
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