Blog post by James Thurlow, Valerie Mueller and Julia Wilson. More than 20 million young people aged 15-24 join the workforce in Africa south of the Sahara every year. These young job seekers will need to find work in today’s more competitive global economy, and not everyone thinks they will be successful. Many governments are […]
The world needs higher-quality diets. But is better nutrition affordable for all?
Messages around healthy eating are nothing new—but nowadays we are increasingly told to eat well not just for our own health but also for the planet. This debate was given a boost at the beginning of 2019 with the publication of the EAT-Lancet Commission report on the world's diet, which called for a “great food transformation.” It condemned […]
Coffee Value Chain Survey in Ethiopia: Producer/Household Survey
The coffee producer survey was conducted to study the coffee value chains in order to make recommendations to policymakers on how to improve the value chain to the benefit of farmers. The data collected in this survey helps to understand how the coffee value chains are transforming in terms of quality and demand of coffee, […]
Different Combinations of Behavior Change Interventions and Frequencies of Interpersonal Contacts Are Associated with Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Vietnam
New journal article by Sunny S Kim, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Lan Mai Tran, Silvia Alayon, Purnima Menon, Edward A Frongillo. Background: Social and behavior change communication interventions are integral to improving dietary and care practices, but evidence on the impact of the combination and intensity of these interventions in different contexts is scarce. Read more.
Insights January 2020
Addressing obstacles to free trade; modeling migration from sea-level change; and more.