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Agnes Quisumbing

Agnes Quisumbing is a Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. She co-leads a research program that examines how closing the gap between men’s and women’s ownership and control of assets may lead to better development outcomes.

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Ultra-Poor graduation in Somalia

USAID’s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance funds World Vision to implement the Ultra-Poor Graduation intervention in Baidoa, Somalia, designed to enable ultra-poor households who are internally displaced enable ultra-poor internally displaced households to graduate from extreme poverty and begin an upward trajectory to self-reliance. IFPRI is collaborating with World Vision to conduct a randomized controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of UPG in building household food security, reducing poverty, and enhancing resilience. The trial tracks 4000 households over three years and will generate valuable new evidence about the effectiveness of a graduation model intervention in an urban humanitarian context

Project duration: 2021-2024

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Jessica Leight

Donors and funders

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

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A multi-sectoral community development intervention has a positive impact on diet quality and growth in school-age children in rural Nepal

2024Miller, Laurie C.; Neupane, Sumanta; Joshi, Neena; Lohani, Mahendra
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A multi-sectoral community development intervention has a positive impact on diet quality and growth in school-age children in rural Nepal

Poor diet quality (diet diversity and animal-source food [ASF] consumption) during childhood negatively affects growth, development, behaviour and physiologic function in later life. Relatively less is known about the impact of poor diet on the growth of school-age children compared to children <5 years of age, especially in low/middle-income countries. A better understanding of delivery strategies for effective interventions to improve diet and hence growth in school-age children is needed. A 36-month longitudinal controlled impact evaluation in rural Nepal assessed the nutrition and growth of children <5 years of age in families assigned via community clusters to full package intervention (community development, training in nutrition [during pregnancy and for children <5 years] and livestock husbandry), partial package (training only) or control (no inputs). Concurrent data were collected prospectively (baseline plus additional four rounds) on school-age children (5–8 years at baseline) in these households; the present study analysed findings in the cohort of school-age children seen at all five study visits (n = 341). Diet quality improved more in the full package school-age children compared to those in partial package or control households. full package children consumed more ASF (β +0.40 [CI 0.07,0.73], p < 0.05), more diverse diets (β +0.93 [CI 0.55,1.31], p < 0.001) and had better head circumference z-scores (β +0.21 [CI 0.07,0.35], p < 0.01) than control children. In conclusion, a multi-sectoral community development intervention was associated with improvements in diet and growth of school-age children in rural Nepal even though the intervention focused on the diet of children <5 years of age. The diet and growth of school-age children can be favourably influenced by community-level interventions, even indirectly.

Year published

2024

Authors

Miller, Laurie C.; Neupane, Sumanta; Joshi, Neena; Lohani, Mahendra

Citation

Miller, Laurie C.; Neupane, Sumanta; Joshi, Neena; and Lohani, Mahendra. 2024. A multi-sectoral community development intervention has a positive impact on diet quality and growth in school-age children in rural Nepal. Maternal and Child Nutrition 20(3). First published online March 15, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13637

Country/Region

Nepal

Keywords

Asia; Southern Asia; Community Development; Diet Quality; Growth; Rural Communities; Schoolchildren; Animal Source Foods; Child Growth; Dietary Diversity; Nutrition

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

Links

https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13637 Source record

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Sustainable Healthy Diets

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Journal Article

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Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa, Somalia: Qualitative evidence around resilience in the context of flood shocks

2024Magan, Mohamed; Hassan, Hashi; Leight, Jessica; Hirvonen, Kalle; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Rakshit, Deboleena
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Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa, Somalia: Qualitative evidence around resilience in the context of flood shocks

Somalia is among the most impoverished nations globally, grappling with severe poverty, persistent armed conflicts, and recurrent droughts and floods, leading to a humanitarian crisis marked by substantial internal displacement. The site of this evaluation, Baidoa, has 517 sites for internally displaced persons (IDPs), housing nearly 600,000 households. Notably, 64% of the residents in these sites are women and girls. The 2nd Somali High-Frequency Survey revealed that poverty is particularly pronounced in IDP settlements, compounded by high unemployment rates and a lack of income-generating opportunities, thereby exacerbating the challenging circumstances in this area. This brief reports findings from a qualitative assessment conducted in January 2024 exploring the effects of severe floods in Baidoa and the role of the Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) intervention in protecting households from these shocks.

Year published

2024

Authors

Magan, Mohamed; Hassan, Hashi; Leight, Jessica; Hirvonen, Kalle; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Rakshit, Deboleena

Citation

Magan, Mohamed; Hassan, Hashi; Leight, Jessica; Hirvonen, Kalle; Karachiwalla, Naureen; and Rakshit, Deboleena. 2024. Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa, Somalia: Qualitative evidence around resilience in the context of flood shocks. Learning Brief April 2024. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141613

Country/Region

Somalia

Keywords

Africa; Eastern Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Conflicts; Flooding; Households; Poverty; Women

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Source

Source record

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Fragility, Conflict, and Migration

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Brief

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Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa: A randomized controlled trial: Evidence from the midline survey

2024Leight, Jessica; Hirvonen, Kalle; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Rakshit, Deboleena
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Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa: A randomized controlled trial: Evidence from the midline survey

Somalia is one of the poorest countries in the world, and severe poverty, ongoing armed conflict, and recurring droughts and floodings have created a humanitarian crisis characterized by a high level of internal displacement. Baidoa city – the site of this evaluation – hosts 517 internally displaced persons (IDP) sites with almost 600,000 households, and 64 percent of the individuals living in these sites are women and girls. According to the 2nd Somali High Frequency Survey (Pape and Karamba 2019), poverty is particularly high in IDP settlements (along with rural areas), exacerbated by high unemployment rates and an absence of income-generating opportunities. This brief reports on midline findings from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the project Building Pathways Out of Poverty for Ultra-poor IDPs and Vulnerable Host Communities in Baidoa, an ultra-poor graduation (UPG) intervention implemented by World Vision and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA). The project seeks to enable ultra-poor internally displaced households to graduate from extreme poverty and begin an upward trajectory to self-reliance for displacement-affected communities by enabling gender-sensitive, context-appropriate, and sustainable livelihoods in an urban setting. IFPRI is collaborating with World Vision to conduct the trial.

Year published

2024

Authors

Leight, Jessica; Hirvonen, Kalle; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Rakshit, Deboleena

Citation

Leight, Jessica; Hirvonen, Kalle; Karachiwalla, Naureen; and Rakshit, Deboleena. 2024. Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa: A randomized controlled trial: Evidence from the midline survey. Learning Brief March 2024. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140604

Country/Region

Somalia

Keywords

Africa; Eastern Africa; Armed Conflicts; Displacement; Households; Poverty; Randomized Controlled Trials

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Source

Source record

Project

Fragility, Conflict, and Migration

Record type

Brief

Donors

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

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