India

Tracking India’s Progress on Addressing Malnutrition and Enhancing the Use of Data to Improve Programs

India’s policy framework covers most evidence-based interventions, which are delivered through large-scale national programs in place (Integrated Child Development Scheme Source: POSHAN: Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India

Research Talks with IFPRI – Episode 12: The Challenges of Phone Surveys with Women in India during COVID

Shweta Gupta explains how research on self-employed women’s livelihoods in India became research on whether speakerphones being on or off during phone surveys impacts answers. Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

How to support students and the learning process during India’s COVID-19 school closures

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.
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IFPRI’s analysis of the new National Family Health Survey (NFHS) Data

IFPRI's analysis of the new National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data, which reveals worrying rates of child malnutrition in India
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New IFPRI book: An Evolving Paradigm of Agricultural Mechanization Development: How Much Can Africa Learn from Asia?

A new IFPRI book analyzes the mechanization evolution of thirteen Asian and African countries, drawing potential lessons for sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural mechanization development going forward. Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program