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More than a bank: Rethinking the IADB
The Inter-American Development Bank must revise its strategy to address broad regional and global challenges.
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As COVID-19 spreads, no major concern for global food security yet
If it happens, a global economic slowdown would hit the poor in developing countries particularly hard.
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More than a bank: Reflections on the history of the Inter-American Development Bank
The IADB's unique role in Latin America and the Caribbean—and the world.
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Preventing global food security crisis under COVID-19 emergency
Averting a global food security crisis precipated by the COVID-19 epidemic will require monitoring food prices, ensuring global and local food chains function properly, innovating ways to keep sales growing, and keeping trade open.
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International Open Data Day 2020: Crowdsourcing global insights from national data in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS) offers insights into women's empowerment, agriculture, nutrition, and health.
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A new method of agricultural growth accounting
Breaking out the role R&D and other factors play in a key metric.
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Linking iron-biofortified beans and physical performance
A study in Rwanda shows women who ate biofortified beans had more energy for daily tasks.
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Agriculture in India’s budget: Paying farmers keeps them poor
Potential problems with the PM-Kisan direct benefit transfer program.
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Africa’s litigated democracy
African opposition parties increasingly turn to the courts when they lose elections, indicating that perceptions of judicial independence are improving. But frequent recourse to the courts can undermine trust in the electoral process.
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Giving the multiplier effect to PM-Kisan, India’s direct benefit transfer program for farmers
An IFPRI-ICAR study in Uttar Pradesh reveals that the scheme, along with agricultural advisory services, can potentially pull farmers out of poverty.