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Measuring how easily people can access safe, sufficient, and nutritious food is crucial to tracking progress towards achieving food security – one of the most pressing development goals of recent times, especially in low- and lower-middle-income countries. ....
This week's links include interviews with Esther Duflo, Francis Annan, Isabela Manelici and Lee Branstetter, a new online impact evaluation course, and more. ....
Getting a social protection program off the ground includes a myriad of decisions. To whom should the benefits be paid? Should benefits be paid manually or digitally? And what complementary information and services should be bundled with the cash? These design choices like many others have implications for gender-based violence (GBV) within households. A growing body of evidence finds that cash transfers reduce violence against women and children even when the cash transfer was not designed with violence prevention in mind. ....
Getting a social protection program off the ground includes a myriad of decisions. To whom should the benefits be paid? Should benefits be paid manually or digitally? And what complementary information and services should be bundled with the cash? These design choices like many others have implications for gender-based violence (GBV) within households. A growing body of evidence finds that cash transfers reduce violence against women and children even when the cash transfer was not designed with violence prevention in mind. ....
The world’s reality today reflects that data is ubiquitous in our lives, and accurate and reliable data has become the cornerstone of nearly all aspects of work. ....