IFPRI CGIAR
Subscribe

Back

Who we are

With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

researcher spotlight

Kalyani Raghunathan

Kalyani Raghunathan is Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in New Delhi, India. Her research lies at the intersection of agriculture, gender, social protection, and public health and nutrition, with a specific focus on South Asia and Africa. 

Where we work

Back

Where we work

IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

IFPRI Regional Programs

IFPRI Country Programs

Research by country and region

Subscribe

partnerships

The World Bank’s main focus is to decrease poverty and to promote shared prosperity by fostering income growth of the bottom 40% for every country. The World Bank works in every major area of development, helping to end poverty and boost prosperity for the poorest people, and create sustainable economic growth. The World Bank Group is a leading financier of agriculture, with $2.9 billion in new commitments in 2016.

Homepage Link
donor-worldbank

Projects

Integrated Agricultural Growth Project in the Great Lakes

Integrated Agricultural Growth Project in the Great Lakes

The Integrated Project on Agricultural Growth in the Great Lakes region (PICAGL) aims to increase agricultural productivity and marketing of four value chains (cassava, rice,……

Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI)

Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI)

From 2012 to 2014, IFPRI partnered with the World Food Programme on a two-year pilot safety net program – the Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI)……

Integrated Food Policy and Research Program (IFPRP)

Integrated Food Policy and Research Program (IFPRP)

…

View all Projects

Publications

Resource thumbnail

Working Paper

Would you rather: Voluntary take-up of a poverty graduation program among cash transfer recipients

2024Allen IV, James; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Kurdi, Sikandra; Yassa, Basma
Details

Would you rather: Voluntary take-up of a poverty graduation program among cash transfer recipients

THIS IS AN INITIAL PUBLICATION. THE FINAL VERSION WILL BE AVAILABLE IN DECEMBER 2024. We study how households in Egypt’s national cash transfer program decide to voluntarily join a new government-run poverty graduation program. Using a randomized experiment, we test official video messages providing respondents with new information on: T1) the duration of the cash transfers after joining the graduation program and T2) expected monthly income from the asset provided by the graduation program. Both video messages increase respondents’ beliefs on their respective topics and interest in recommending the graduation program to others. The evidence is consistent with a theoretical model where new information increasing the expected returns for the graduation program consequently increases preferences for the new program, though estimating the model reveals other factors also likely affect household decision-making. The findings highlight the importance of designing poverty graduation programs that provide compelling economic incentives relative to existing social protection programs.

Year published

2024

Authors

Allen IV, James; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Kurdi, Sikandra; Yassa, Basma

Citation

Allen IV, James; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Kurdi, Sikandra; and Yassa, Basma. 2024. Would you rather: Voluntary take-up of a poverty graduation program among cash transfer recipients. MENA Working Paper 44. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158340

Country/Region

Egypt

Keywords

Africa; Northern Africa; Social Protection; Poverty; Poverty Reduction; Cash Transfers

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Source

Source record

Record type

Working Paper

Resource thumbnail

Journal Article

Leveraging unsupervised machine learning to examine women’s vulnerability to climate change

2024Caruso, German; Mueller, Valerie; Villacis, Alexis
Details

Leveraging unsupervised machine learning to examine women’s vulnerability to climate change

We provide an application of machine learning to identify the distributional consequences of climate change in Malawi. We compare climate impact estimates based on drought indicators established objectively from the k-means algorithm to more traditional measures. Young women affected by drought were 5 percentage points more likely to be married by 18 than those living in nondrought areas. Our approach generates robust results when varying the number of clusters and definition of treatment status. In some cases, we find the design using k-means to define treatment is more likely to satisfy the assumptions underlying the difference-in-differences strategy than when using arbitrary thresholds. Projections from the estimates indicate future drought risk may lead to larger declines in labor productivity due to women’s engagement in early age marriage than other factors affecting their participation rates. Under the extreme representative concentration pathway scenario, drought exposure encourages the exit of 3.3 million women workers by 2100.

Year published

2024

Authors

Caruso, German; Mueller, Valerie; Villacis, Alexis

Citation

Caruso, German; Mueller, Valerie; and Villacis, Alexis. 2024. Leveraging unsupervised machine learning to examine women’s vulnerability to climate change. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 46(4): 1355-1378. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13444

Keywords

Machine Learning; Women; Vulnerability; Climate Change

Language

English

Access/Licence

Limited Access

Links

https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13444 Source record

Project

Gender

Record type

Journal Article

Resource thumbnail

Brief

Improving resource targeting in Niger: Joint financial analysis and food system mapping

2024Ulimwengu, John M.; Gbossa, Nadine
Details

Improving resource targeting in Niger: Joint financial analysis and food system mapping

This policy brief combines the results of a food system mapping exercise with an analysis of financial flows into Niger’s food system from 2019 to 2022 to inform policymaking for food system transformation. The food system mapping reveals several critical points of failure, from low agricultural productivity and inefficient supply chains to poor nutritional outcomes and environmental degradation. Analysis of domestic and international financial flows to the food system reveals that climate adaptation and nutrition are underfunded areas. Understanding these weaknesses can help policymakers and development partners take a more coordinated and strategic approach to addressing the challenges facing Niger’s food system and can inform more effective resource allocation, ensuring that resources support long-term food security and sustainability.

Year published

2024

Authors

Ulimwengu, John M.; Gbossa, Nadine

Citation

Ulimwengu, John M.; and Gbossa, Nadine. 2024. Improving resource targeting in Niger: Joint financial analysis and food system mapping. IFPRI Policy Brief November 2024. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159745

Country/Region

Niger

Keywords

Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Western Africa; Targeting; Food Systems; Cartography; Agricultural Production; Nutrition; Economic Policies

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Source

Source record

Record type

Brief

Events

Are healthy diets affordable? Using new data on retail prices and diet costs to guide agricultural and food policy
IFPRI Policy Seminar

 | 

July 15, 2022, 10:00 – 11:30 am

Are healthy diets affordable? Using new data on retail prices and diet costs to guide agricultural and food policy

Virtual Event: July 15, 2022 – 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT. This Policy Seminar will feature Food Prices for Nutrition project leaders and participants around the world, who will discuss how policy analysts and researchers can use the new methods and data in their own work.

Can agricultural policies deliver better value for money for people, the planet, and the economy?
IFPRI Policy Seminar

 | 

February 2, 2022, 9:30 – 11:00 am

Can agricultural policies deliver better value for money for people, the planet, and the economy?

Virtual Event: Feb 02, 2022 – 09:30 AM to 11:00 AM EST. This policy seminar will present a summary of the latest IFPRI-World Bank research findings and feature speakers discussing the need for more rapid adoption of technological solutions that foster less emissions-intensive productivity growth across developed and developing countries alike.

Transforming Food Systems after COVID-19: Implications of the 2021 Global Food Policy Report for Eurasia
Series/Special Event

 | 

May 27, 2021, 7:30 – 9:00 am

Transforming Food Systems after COVID-19: Implications of the 2021 Global Food Policy Report for Eurasia

Virtual Event: MAY 27,2021 – 07:30 AM TO 9:00 AM EDT. The impact of COVID-19 on transforming food systems in the Eurasia Region.

View all Events

Blogs

Trade policy and food price volatility: Beggar thy neighbor or beggar thyself?
IFPRI Blog
 | 
June 07, 2024

Trade policy and food price volatility: Beggar thy neighbor or beggar thyself?

By Will Martin, Abdullah Mamun, Nick Minot, and Rob Vos

The downsides of emergency trade measures.

The long-run effect of public works employment: Evidence from Tunisia
IFPRI Blog
 | 
May 25, 2023

The long-run effect of public works employment: Evidence from Tunisia

By Jessica Leight and Eric Mvukiyehe

Evaluating the impacts of workfare.

Policy seminars: As global food prices rise, important new data addresses the affordability of healthy diets
IFPRI Blog
 | 
July 25, 2022

Policy seminars: As global food prices rise, important new data addresses the affordability of healthy diets

By Drew Sample

The Food Prices for Nutrition project provides new food security indicators.

View all Blogs