Category: Research findings

Downpours of Deprivation: Can Excess Rainfall Shocks Shape Perceptions of Relative Deprivation?

Judhajit Chakraborty is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University, USA. His … More

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Private Ways to Tackle Gender Discriminatory Inheritance Law: Lessons From a Survey Experiment in Tunisia

Christina Sarah Hauser, is a PhD Candidate at the Department of Economics of the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.  Her … More

What Drives Undocumented Immigration Policy, Economic, and Social Factors in the US and Mexico

Dana J. Smith is a PhD Candidate at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University.  Her research … More

Livestock in Yabello Borena Ethiopia

Can drought insurance reduce Ethiopian pastoralists’ exposure to conflict?

Tekalign Gutu Sakketa is a researcher at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Germany. He was a visiting fellow at Cornell University as … More

How Access to Family Planning Services Can Improve Child Growth Patterns and Cognitive Development

Dan Maggio is a PhD candidate at Cornell University and the Editor of Economics that Really Matters; Co-authors include Mahesh … More

Increased Access to Postpartum Family Planning Services Encourages Modern Contraceptive Use and Healthy Inter-Birth Intervals

Dan Maggio is a PhD candidate at Cornell University and the Editor of Economics that Really Matters; Co-authors include Mahesh … More

Ethiopia’s social safety net effective in limiting COVID-19 impacts on rural food insecurity

Kibrom A. Abay is a Research Fellow with IFPRI’s Development Strategy and Governance Division (DSGD), based in Cairo. Guush Berhane is a DSGD … More