Friday, November 11, 2022
Poverty is a well-established risk factor for violence against women and children—but how much do we really know about this relationship and how to effectively break the cycle? The authors round up evidence from the recent biannual Sexual Violence...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Migration is a crucial element for economic development, as it offers workers in low- and middle-income countries ways to diversify and increase their income as well as ways to smooth their consumption over time. In addition, migration allows workers to...
Monday, August 30, 2021
In this post, Sherwin Gabriel and colleagues present results from modeling the economic effects of short-term social protection measures in South Africa, especially targeted at lower income households, in the face of new waves of infection and pressure...
Thursday, August 12, 2021
By April 2020, schools in 170 countries were closed to curtail COVID-19 transmission. In India, 247 million children have been out of the classroom for over a year. Beyond the devastating consequences school closures are having on learning,...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
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Bangladesh’s March-May 2020 COVID-19 lockdown has had severe consequences for the incomes and food security...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
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Food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition (FA-MCHN) programs are widely used in low- and middle-...
Thursday, June 18, 2020
The poor and other vulnerable groups are suffering the most negative consequences from the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, many governments are rapidly expanding social protection programs. Dan Gilligan describes why safety nets are essential tools in...
Monday, June 15, 2020
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) conducted a study in the rural districts of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh to assess the efficacy of the PM-GKY focussing on the effectiveness of DBTs in reaching the vulnerable...
Monday, May 25, 2020
Government of India listed all food commodities as essentials allowing their free movement with a hope to avoid disruptions in food value chain during the COVID-19 lockdown. Neelkanth Mishra argues that despite such provisions, large parts of...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
India’s progress on scaling up health and nutrition services was remarkable in the pre-pandemic period. The gains made in these past years are important to preserve. Rasmi Avula, Supreet Kaur and Purnima Menon discuss the importance of existing state...