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Impact assessment review of IFPRI’s research program on social protection,...

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the CGIAR Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) commissioned and recently released an ex-post impact assessment review of the...

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CGIAR leaders discuss social protection and agriculture in advance of World...

Social Protection and Agriculture: Breaking the Cycle of Rural Poverty is this year’s theme for World Food Day 2015 on October 16.  Agriculture and food security experts from across CGIAR will...

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Seen on Periscope.tv: Karen Brooks speaking on social protection and...

Ahead of  World Food Day on October 16, 2015, PIM Director Karen Brooks, along with other CGIAR leaders, participated in a global broadcast campaign that highlighted the role of agricultural research...

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Can cash transfers prevent intimate partner violence?

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most pervasive form of violence globally—with 1 in 3 women physically or sexually abused by a partner in her lifetime. Of course, averages hide important...

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PIM social protection team receives Best of UNICEF Research 2016 award

Each year the United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) Office of Research - Innocenti invites the global network to share recently completed research for the Best of UNICEF Research competition. The...

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Making social protection more nutrition sensitive: why should we care?

Harold Alderman, IFPRI’s Senior Research Fellow whose research on linkages between social protection and nutrition PIM supports, gave an overview presentation titled ‘Making social protection more...

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Journal article: Aspirations and the role of social protection: Evidence from...

Citizens’ aspirations are increasingly recognized as an important dimension of their well-being. Those with high aspirations set ambitious goals for themselves, and those with low aspirations may fall...

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Nutrition behavior change communication causes sustained effects on infant...

Behavior change communication (BCC) can improve infant and young child nutrition knowledge, practices, and health outcomes. However, few studies have examined whether the improved knowledge persists...

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Picture-based crop insurance: Is it feasible? Is it sustainable?

Millions of smallholder farmers around the world lack access to affordable insurance - their farms are often too small and too remote for insurers to economically verify damage. In collaboration with...

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Strengthening resilience of rural households through improved social protection

PIM’s research on social protection, led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in partnership with governments and development agencies, has supported increased investment in...

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Cash or food transfers combined with behavior change communication reduce...

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is widespread globally, with estimates showing that nearly 1 in 3 adult women worldwide have experienced some form of IPV. South Asia has among the highest regional...

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Journal article: Social protection, food security, and asset formation

The average social protection program increases the value of food consumed/expenditure by 13% and caloric acquisition by 8%. Social protection also increases holdings of productive assets, livestock,...

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Webinar: Cash transfer programs and intimate partner violence – Lessons from...

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most pervasive form of violence globally—with 1 in 3 women physically or sexually abused by a partner in her lifetime. Several recent studies find evidence that...

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Why is social protection important for agriculture and resilience? Watch our...

In this video, Daniel Gilligan, senior research fellow at IFPRI and leader of PIM's research flagship “Social Protection for Agriculture and Resilience”, discusses why social protection programs, such...

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Why is social protection important for agriculture and resilience? Watch our...

Harold Alderman, senior research fellow at IFPRI and collaborator in PIM’s “Social Protection for Agriculture and Resilience” research flagship, speaks about the importance of transfer programs, how...

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Why is social protection important for agriculture and resilience? Watch our...

In these two brief video interviews, we asked our colleagues Sheri Arnott (World Vision) and Bart Minten (IFPRI) to talk about the great work that our IFPRI team and partners have been doing to support...

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Transfer programs, child nutrition, and intimate partner violence

In this interview, recorded as part of our series "Why is social protection important for agriculture and resilience? Watch our colleagues explain!", Dr. Shalini Roy discusses how transfer programs can...

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A bureaucratic catch-22: Study in Bangladesh shows how safety nets can...

Around the world, governments and development partners make hard choices on how to invest their limited resources to help the needy. But in a country like Bangladesh, where almost one fourth of the...

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WEBINAR: Aspirations, trust, and poverty reduction

When: December 19, 2018, 10-11 AM EST Presenter: Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Moderator: Frank Place, Director, PIM See the presentation on SlideShare: WEBINAR: Aspirations, trust, and...

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Journal article: Cash transfers increase trust in local government

Photo credit: H.Holmes/RTB In their recently published paper in World Development, David K. Evans, Brian Holtemeyer, and Katrina Kosec explore how conditional cash transfer programs can impact trust in...

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