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Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), Round 1 por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The respondents interviewed in the MHWS were purposely selected from a large phone database aimed at being representative at the region/state level and urban/rural level in Myanmar. …”
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Africa RISING Tanzania- Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of Vegetables por World Vegetable Center, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…The scope of activities being implemented includes: packaging of new legume and cereal varieties with over 120% yield advantage, packaging and validation of integrated productivity-enhancing technologies for cereals, legumes, legume trees and soil health technologies, food safety primarily to reduce aflatoxin contamination and integration of livestock into the cropping systems. …”
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Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), Round 4 por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The respondents interviewed in the MHWS were purposely selected from a large phone database aimed at being representative at the region/state level and urban/rural level in Myanmar. …”
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Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), Round 3 por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The respondents interviewed in the MHWS were purposely selected from a large phone database aimed at being representative at the region/state level and urban/rural level in Myanmar. …”
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Anchoring bias in recall data: Evidence from Central America por Godlonton, Susan, Hernandez, Manuel A., Murphy, Mike

“…The results show strong evidence of sizeable anchoring bias in self-reported retrospective indicators for both objective measures (income, wages, and working hours) and subjective measures (reports of happiness, health, stress, and well-being). We also generally observe a larger bias in response to negative changes for objective indicators and a larger bias in response to positive changes for subjective indicators.…”
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The role of agriculture and agro-processing for development in Tunisia por Figueroa, Jose Luis, Mahmoud, Mai, El-Enbaby, Hoda

“…Previous analyses for Egypt and Jordan (Figueroa, Mahmoud, and Breisinger 2017; El-Enbaby et al. 2016) have shown how developing the agro-processing sub-sector as well as encouraging the production of high-value crops can promote economic and social well-being, especially in rural areas where the majority of the poor are concentrated. …”
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Transfers, behavior change communication, and intimate partner violence: Postprogram evidence from rural Bangladesh por Roy, Shalini, Hidrobo, Melissa, Hoddinott, John F., Ahmed, Akhter

“…Evidence on mechanisms suggests sustained effects of BCC on women's “threat points,” men's social costs of violence, and household well-being.…”
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A moral economy of water: Charity wells in Egypt's Nile delta por ElDidi, Hagar, Corbera, Esteve

“…Sobol are also limited by existing anti‐cooperative actions, and being embedded in an inequitable access system, they may not fully counterbalance inequitable water access. …”
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Carotenoid retention in biofortified maize using different post-harvest storage and packaging methods por Taleon, Victor, Mugode, Luke, Cabrera-Soto, Luisa, Palacios-Rojas, Natalia

“…Orange maize is being promoted as a source of provitamin A carotenoids (pVAC) in Zambia. …”
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He says, she says: Exploring patterns of spousal agreement in Bangladesh por Ambler, Kate, Doss, Cheryl R., Kieran, Caitlin, Passarelli, Simone

“…Analysis of correlations between agreement and women’s well-being finds that agreement on joint decision making/ownership is generally positively associated with beneficial outcomes for women compared with agreement on sole male decision making/ownership. …”
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Income implications of political capital and agricultural land use in western China por Komarek, Adam M., Spoor, Max, Feng, Shuyi, Shi, Xiaoping

“…The purpose of this paper is to explore the expansion of agricultural production into marginal lands, also known as “wasteland,” and examine the association between political capital, household income, and using additional marginal lands for agriculture in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of western China.The paper uses exploratory data analyses methods, including descriptive statistics, graphical analysis, econometrics and propensity score matching, and data from a 2008 survey of 342 households in Awat County of Aksu Prefecture to explore the role of political capital in an agricultural household setting.Preliminary results suggest that wasteland usage has a positive association with income, and that household political capital, in the form of Communist Party membership or being a village cadre, correlates with wasteland usage because it improves access to irrigation water.A constant topic of debate in China is the role of political capital in influencing livelihoods. …”
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Introduction [in Achieving a nutrition revolution for Africa: The road to healthier diets and optimal nutrition] por Covic, Namukolo, Hendriks, Sheryl L.

“…This report presents information and analysis in support of evidencebased policy making at the moment when the second-generation CAADP national investment plans are being developed. This is an important moment for shaping the region’s future and ensuring that the much-needed agriculture-led growth and development agenda can simultaneously deliver on improving nutrition and health, saving lives, improving the productivity of Africa’s population, and curbing public health expenditure on nutrition-related diseases. …”
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Pakistan’s fertilizer sector: Structure, policies, performance, and impacts por Ali, Mubarik, Ahmed, Faryal, Channa, Hira, Davies, Stephen

“…The fertilizer industry in Pakistan, with US$3.74 billion per year in sales, now stands at a crossroads where, after an initial substantial contribution in boosting crop productivity, its future potential is being challenged. Fertilizer-responsive crop varieties, supplementary irrigation water, and a favorable policy environment in Pakistan have induced fast growth in fertilizer demand. …”
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Poverty, hunger, and US agricultural policy: Do farm programs affect the nutrition of poor Americans? por Glauber, Joseph W., Sumner, Daniel A., Wilde, Parke E.

“…This study investigates whether US farm subsidy policies help the food consumption and nutritional well-being of low-income Americans. We focus on the poor, because they are especially vulnerable to changes in food prices. …”
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Reducing stunting in India: what investments are needed? por Avula, Rasmi, Raykar, Neha, Menon, Purnima, Laxminarayan, Ramanan

“…Despite this progress, child undernutrition rates in India are among the highest in the world, with nearly one-half of all children under 3 years of age being either underweight or stunted. India is still home to over 40 million stunted children and 17 million wasted children (Global Nutrition Report, 2014). …”
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Stuck in the middle? Structural change and productivity growth in Botswana por McCaig, Brian, McMillan, Margaret S., Verduzco-Gallo, Íñigo, Jefferis, Keith

“…As such, it is important to understand the sources of Botswana’s economic growth to better appreciate where it may come from in the future and what prospects it has for being more inclusive.…”
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The case of Ethiopia’s enjera markets: Synopsis: Food processing, transformation and job creation por Minten, Bart, Assefa, Thomas, Abebe, Girum, Tamru, Seneshaw, Engida, Ermias

“…Moreover, enjera is now being prepared by mixing flour from locally produced teff with that of imported rice, thus absorbing an important part of the rapidly growing rice imports (almost 200 million USD in 2015) to the country and leading to higher profits for those enterprises en…”
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Transfers, behavior change communication, and intimate partner violence: Postprogram evidence from rural Bangladesh por Roy, Shalini, Hidrobo, Melissa, Hoddinott, John F., Ahmed, Akhter

“…Evidence on mechanisms suggests sustained effects of BCC on women’s threat points, men’s social costs of violence, and household well-being.…”
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Beyond emissions reduction: Climate change mitigation’s path to sustainable development por Gutierrez Zapata, Diana Maria, Vanegas Cubillos, Martha Cristina, Borda, Carlos Andrés, Casallas, Ivon Maritza, Sylvester, Janelle Marie, Castro Nunez, Augusto

“…Mitigating climate change isn't just about reducing greenhouse gas emissions, it's also about promoting sustainable economic development and improving people's well-being. Understanding and leveraging the co-benefits of climate change mitigation will advance the achievement of the SDGs by attracting finance, building support and informing strategic policy decisions. …”
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Feeding more people on an increasingly fragile planet: China’s food and nutrition security in a national and global context por Fan, Shenggen, Brzeska, Joanna

“…At the same time, in addition to food quantity, increased attention is being given to food quality attributes, in particular nutrition and safety. …”
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