poverty

Tackling gender inequality in a climate-changed world: How agrifood and social protection systems can empower women and girls to build climate resilience

Air pollution, rising temperatures, crop failures, and water shortages are increasing pressures on health and agrifood systems. During these crises, households often reduce food consumption, sell assets, migrate or adjust labor allocation between men a... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

2024 Global Food Policy Report: Improving Diets and Nutrition through Food Systems: What Will it Take?

Despite significant progress in addressing hunger, malnutrition remains a major challenge in all regions of the world. Unhealthy diets are a major driver of all forms of malnutrition, including undernutrition, overweight and obesity, and micronutrient ... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

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