Documents et rapports

Comparative Impacts of Input Subsidies, Irrigation Investments, and Social Cash Transfers on Food and Nutrition Security in Malawi (anglais)

This study examines the impact of farm input subsidies, food and cash transfers, and irrigation investments on the dietary diversity, food consumption scores, and coping strategy index in Malawi. Despite...

Understanding the Links between Diet Quality, Malnutrition, and Economic Costs : An Evidence Review for LMICs (anglais)

Understanding the economic costs attributable to unhealthy diets is crucial to inform health and agrifood investments in low- and middle-income countries experiencing nutrition transition. To review the...

An Assessment of Community-Led Lift Irrigation Systems in Jharkhand, India (anglais)

The Jharkhand State Livelihoods Promotion Society is rolling-out solar powered community lift irrigation systems to provide access to irrigation to 23,580 farming families in 13 districts of the state...

Water Constraints to Agricultural Productivity in Bhutan (anglais)

This paper uses two years of agriculture census data to build a panel dataset that consists of all the small towns in Bhutan. This dataset is used to estimate the impact of irrigation gaps and drought...

Climate Change, Urban Expansion, and Food Production (anglais)

Where and how cities grow will influence food production and the risks to food production. This paper estimates the overlap of future urban expansion in 2040 and 2100 with current crop and livestock production...

Intra-Household Inequality in Food Consumption and Diets in the Philippines (anglais)

Most welfare measures, including food expenditure and diet quality, are based on household aggregates and assume an equal or equitable distribution of resources among members within the household. But...

Healthy and Sustainable Diets in Bangladesh (anglais)

An ideal food system is envisioned to provide healthy diets for people and be sustainable for the environment. Such a food system is required to deliver on these goals even as diets are increasingly and...

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Food Security and Agriculture Productivity Project - P155513 - Sequence No : 08 (anglais)

Project Information Document-Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet - Additional Financing for Food Security and Agriculture Productivity Project - P175717 (anglais)

The Cost of a Nutritious Diet in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal (anglais)

This paper calculates and compares the minimum cost of a recommended diet across four countries in South Asia. The analysis finds that the cost of a recommended diet is highest in the smaller countries...

Disclosable Restructuring and (or) Additional Financing Paper - Bhutan Community-Based Rural Entrepreneurship Project - P143795 (anglais)

The development objectives of Community-Based Rural Entrepreneurship Project for Bhutan is to generate new and more productive employment for the poor and vulnerable youth in selected dzongkhags in southwestern...

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Food Security and Agriculture Productivity Project - P155513 - Sequence No : 07 (anglais)

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Bhutan Community-Based Rural Entrepreneurship Project - P143795 - Sequence No : 01 (anglais)

Diet Quality and Food Prices in India (anglais)

This note provides profiles of diet quality and food prices in India. An India country profile is first presented, followed by profiles for each of the 33 states and Union Territories (UTs). The profiles...

Bhutan Policy Note : Harnessing Spatial Opportunities in Agriculture for Economic Transformation (anglais)

Home to over 735,000 people, the Kingdom of Bhutan has achieved rapid economic growth and poverty reduction, despite the constraints of being a small, landlocked, and mountainous country. Its neighbors...

The Nutrition Sensitivity of Food and Agriculture in South Asia (anglais)

Through a review of the literature, this paper examines the links of food and agriculture with nutrition in South Asia, a region characterized by a high level of malnutrition. The review finds that the...

Food for Improved Nutrition in Bangladesh (anglais)

This report highlights the role of food and diets for improved nutrition outcomes in Bangladesh and assesses the current gaps and constraints towards improving diets for better nutrition. The report takes...

The cost of nutritious food in South Asia (anglais)

The high cost of nutritious foods can worsen poor diets and nutrition outcomes especially among low-income households. Yet little is known about the spatial and temporal patterns of the cost of nutritious...

The Geography of Welfare in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Togo (anglais)

This report aims to assess the spatial disparities in economic development along four important dimensions: (i) It provides stylized facts of the underlying forces behind within-country inequality, namely...

Géographie du bien-être au Bénin, au Burkina Faso, en Côte d’Ivoire et au Togo (français)

Ce rapport vise à évaluer les disparités spatiales du développement économique selon quatre angles importants: (i) il fournit des faits stylisés sur les forces sous-jacentes à l’origine des inégalités...