Bangladesh has been severely affected by the extreme heatwave that is affecting most of Asia. Extreme climate events, particularly heatwave impacts on the food system, pose risks...
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Highlights: Many cash transfer programs include nutrition training, but little is known about how doing so affects economic impacts. We study a program...
Poverty is endemic in the highly populated Eastern Gangetic Plains where agriculture is critical to more than half the population. However, the mechanisms to support agriculture for development are contested...
Given the high prevalence of child undernutrition in Bangladesh, multi-sectoral approaches involving livelihood promotion have potential to mitigate the burden of undernutrition. This study examined the impact of an economic...
The COVID-19 pandemic not only imposed severe health risks but also raised major challenges to the economy, due to widespread and severe measures to control the spread of the disease...
Extreme weather events have occurred more frequently because of global climate change. For farmers, diversification, including crop and income diversification, is one of the most effective...
Though fisheries can contribute to nutritional needs, food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable natural resource management in many developing countries, their role in the achievement...
The coastal zone of Bangladesh is suffering from a wide range of climate change-driven hazards. Limited attention has been given to these zones' food security assessment. Therefore...
Since November 2017, WFP and the Food Security Sector have been conducting the Refugee influx Emergency Vulnerability Assessment (REVA) annually. The REVA aims to monitor food...
This is the third in a series of three technical briefs produced by the World Bank’s Poverty and Equity Global Practice to share results of a multi-country data harmonization exercise concerning forcibly...