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Evaluating the long-term impact of antipoverty interventions in Bangladesh: an overview
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011Programmes are rarely evaluated in terms of both short- and long-term impact. This paper provides an assessment of the long-term impact of three antipoverty interventions in Bangladesh on monetary and non-monetary measures of well-being. The interventions are about the introduction of new agricultural technologies, educational transfers, and microfinance.DocumentImproving diet quality and micronutrient nutrition: homestead food production in Bangladesh
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2009A critical yet often overlooked component of food security is diet quality. Even households who have access to sufficient amounts of food and calories may still lack essential micronutrients, increasing their risk for both short- and long-term health and development consequences.DocumentPreliminary study of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on discrimination in the context of the right to food
UN Human Rights Council, 2010This study on discrimination in the context of the right to food was produced for the fourth session of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council held in February 2010.DocumentEffectiveness of agricultural interventions that aim to improve nutritional status of children: systematic review
British Medical Journal, 2012This systematic review's main objective was to assess the effectiveness of agricultural interventions in improving the nutritional status of children indeveloping countries.The review included 23 studies,mostly evaluating home garden interventions. Key findings include:DocumentDoes social capital build women’s assets? The long-term impacts of group- based and individual dissemination of agricultural technology in Bangladesh
CGIAR System-wide Program on Property Rights and Collective Action, 2010In Bangladesh, rural households headed by women are more likely to be among the poorest. This paper investigates the long–term impact of agricultural technologies, disseminated using different implementation modalities, on men’s and women’s asset accumulation in rural Bangladesh, and asks the folowing questions:DocumentClimate change, food and water security in South Asia: critical issues and cooperative strategies in an age of increased risk and uncertainty
Global Water Partnership, 2011A key challenge for the South Asian region is achieving food and water security. This publication makes reference to a workshop held in Sri Lanka and examined how the region can best address the threats and opportunities embedded in the nexus between climate change, water security and food security. The paper underlines a couple of facts:DocumentInnovative approaches to gender and food security: insights, issue 82
Knowledge Services, IDS, 2012This issue of insights shows how development policy and practice can potentially improve food security while supporting women’s empowerment. They can focus on women’s critical role as food producers, consumers and family carers, while transforming gender norms and inequalities within households and communities.DocumentA systematic review of agricultural interventions that aim to improve nutritional status of children
Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre, 2011This report is a systematic review of the impact of potential „win-win‟ agricultural interventions that aim to improve children‟s nutritional status by improving the incomes and the diet of the rural poor.DocumentZero child hunger: breaking the cycle of malnutrition
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2011Six million children die of hunger every year. Over 40 per cent of children under five in countries such as Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Nepal and Niger are stunted. Children that do survive are more likely to have heart disease, diabetes and renal damage.