Nutrition

Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in reducing undernutrition. Yet much remains to be done as a third of all children in Bangladesh under the age of five are stunted, and nearly one in five…

The short-term shock is mostly monetary, but the non-monetary effects, such as food insecurity and low education participation, will likely outlive the pandemic itself.

Concerns over lost business, unemployment, and slower economic growth from a tax on sugary drinks in Kazakhstan are overblown and have little evidence to support them.

Discussions with various stakeholders, including at a recent Webinar on ‘Food Inflation and Market Interventions’ hosted by the World Bank and Consortium for Development Policy Research (CDPR),…

Bangladesh has made impressive human capital gains in the past two decades. But with rapid urbanization and pockets of poor increasing, the country faces new challenges which can impede its goals…