How do cities build a social contract with their diverse constituencies and foster political trust among the urban poor? This study by Danielle Resnick and Bhavna Sivasubramanian focuses on informal traders, who constitute a major source of food security and employment in urban Africa. Centered on Ghana’s three main cities, we analyze interviews with metropolitan […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
Shaping Policy Discussions on Urbanization, Child Nutrition and Public Health in Nigeria: Seminars delivered in Cross River and Ebonyi states
In two research seminars held in Cross River (21 January 2019) and Ebonyi states (23 January 2019), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on behalf of the FtF Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project engaged 212 researchers and policy ana... Source: IFPRI Nigeria Country Office
Synopsis: Ethiopia’s spatial and structural transformation: Public policy and drivers of change
ESSP Research Note 72, by Emily Schmidt, Paul Dorosh, Mekamu Kedir Jemal, and Jennifer Smart. Synopsis of Working Paper 119. Abstract: This research note evaluates Ethiopia’s demographic shift over the last four decades while also evaluating potential urbanization trends 20 years into the future. Propelling Ethiopia’s urban growth is new secondary city development, ongoing population >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Healthy Diets to Combat Malnutrition and Climate Change: Shenggen Fan
Shenggen Fan The global food system faces major challenges and trends related to rapid urbanisation, changing diets, climate change, political uncertainties, and anti-globalization sentiments. At the same time, there has been growing recognition that, in addition to addressing multiple burdens of malnutrition, there is an increasing need to seek an environmentally sustainable food system in […] Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
NEW STUDY: Urbanization associated with lower rates of child stunting but higher rates of obesity among women
Washington, D.C: Urbanization is changing the landscape of health and nutrition in Africa, and in Nigeria it relates to both lower levels of stunting among children and higher rates of obesity among women, according to two recent studies by researchers... Source: IFPRI Nigeria Country Office