poverty

Publication – Mobile phones, income diversification, and poverty reduction in rural Bangladesh

In April 2024, IFPRI researcher Salauddin Tauseef and co-authors published the article, "Mobile phones, income diversification, and poverty reduction in rural Bangladesh" in Review of Development Economics. Abstract The widespread adoption of mobile ph... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office

Op-Ed: Agricultural growth key to accelerated poverty reduction in Bangladesh

By Akhter Ahmed, Country Representative, IFPRI-Bangladesh The latest findings from the 2022 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES), published by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in December 2023, reveal remarkable reductions in poverty... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office

The impact of marriage timing on women’s agency: Evidence from rural Bangladesh

The age at which women marry affects their standing in the husband’s family, influencing their empowerment in the spousal household in domestic and productive spheres. Source: IFPRI South Asia Office

Discussion paper 02232: Gender, deliberation, and natural resource governance: Experimental evidence from Malawi

Initiatives to combat climate change often strive to include women’s voices, but there is limited evidence on how this feature influences program design or its benefits for women. We examine the causal effect of women’s representation in climate-relate... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

US sanctions could threaten SDG financing: Economists

If the US imposes sanctions on Bangladesh centring the upcoming elections, it could seriously impact overall food security in the country, affecting financing for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), economists and experts have warned. Besides, slow g... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office