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The nutritional returns to parental education:
Alderman, Harold; Headey, Derek D. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
analysis of child growth data for approximately 99,000 children in 19 countries with some of the highest burdens of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114784
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Skills Matter : Further Results from the Survey of Adult Skills
OECD - 2016
design and methodology of the survey and its relationship to other international assessments of young students and adults. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012451404
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The Survey of Adult Skills : Reader's Companion, Second Edition
OECD - 2016
students and adults. It is a companion volume to Skills Matter: Further Results from the Survey of Adult Skills. Skills Matter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012451423
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The Survey of Adult Skills : Reader’s Companion, Third Edition
OECD - 2019
relationship to other international assessments of young students and adults. The Survey of Adult Skills, a product of the OECD …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012451610
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Skills in Latin America : Insights from the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)
OECD - 2023
secondary school students and the wider adult population. Young adults are still struggling in the labour market, while … value-added activities to escape the “middle-income trap”, they will need to improve the skills of their working …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014324565
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Value chains and nutrition: A framework to support the identification, design, and evaluation of interventions:
Gelli, Aulo; Hawkes, Corinna; Donovan, Jason; Harris, Jody - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
In this paper we explore how a value chain framework can inform the design of interventions for achieving improved nutrition. Conceptually, there are three main channels for value chains to improve nutrition: (1) through increased consumption of nutritious foods (a demand side pathway); or (2)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200208
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An evaluation of poverty prevalence in China: New evidence from four recent surveys:
Zhang, Chunni; Xu, Qi; Zhang, Xiaobo; Xie, Yu - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Household Finance Survey (CHFS) of 2011, and the Chinese Household Income Project (CHIP) of 2007. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700935
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Change and diversity in smallholder rice-fish systems: Recent evidence from Bangladesh
Dey, Madan M.; Spielman David J.; Haque, A.B.M. Mahfuzul - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Efforts to unlock the genetic potential of both rice and fish, when combined with efforts to improve the management of rice–fish systems, have considerable proven potential for increasing agricultural productivity and food security. In Bangladesh, estimates suggest that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132676
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Beyond agriculture versus nonagriculture: Decomposing sectoral growth–poverty linkages in five African countries:
Dorosh, Paul A.; Thurlow, James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
The development debate in Africa south of the Sahara is often cast as “agriculture versus nonagriculture.†Yet this view overlooks the heterogeneity within these broad sectors and the synergies between them. We estimate sectoral poverty–growth elasticities using economywide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132734
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Can market-based approaches to technology development and dissemination benefit women smallholder farmers? A qualitative assessment of gender dynamics in the ownership, purchase, a...
Njuki, Jemimah; Waithanji, Elizabeth; Sakwa, Beatrice; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
income from irrigated crops. Results from sales-monitoring data show that women purchase less than 10 percent of the pumps … and men continue to make most of the major decisions on crop choices and income use. These findings vary by type of crop …, with men making major decisions on high-income crops such as tomatoes and women having relatively more autonomy on crops …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132739