John Hoddinott, Harold Alderman, Jere R. Behrman, Lawrence Haddad et al.
This paper outlines the economic rationale for investments that reduce stunting. We present a framework that illustrates the functional consequences of stunting in the 1000 days after conception throughout the life cycle: from childhood through to old age. We summarize the key empirical literature a...
Agnes Quisumbing, Lawrence James Haddad, Christine Lao Peña, Quisumbing, Agnes R. et al.
This paper presents new evidence on the association between gender and poverty based on an empirical analysis of 11 data sets from 10 developing countries. The paper computes income- and expenditure-based poverty measures and investigates their sensitivity to the use of per capita and per adult equi...
Lawrence Haddad
This paper uses a gendered conceptual framework of the determinants of child survival, growth, and development to organize a review of the latest evidence on the strength of causal linkages between child nutrition outcomes and the relative status of women in seven Asian countries. Using a variety of...
Nicholas Nisbett, Elise Wach, Lawrence Haddad, Shams El Arifeen
Strong leadership has been highlighted as a common element of success within countries that have made rapid progress in tackling child and maternal undernutrition. Yet little is known of what contributes to nutrition leaders’ success or lack of it in particular policy environments. This study of 89 ...
Ruth Meinzen‐Dick, Michelle Adato, Lawrence James Haddad, Peter Hazell et al.
The extent to which agricultural research has reduced poverty has become an increasing concern of policymakers, donors, and researchers. Until recently, poverty reduction was a secondary goal of agricultural research. The primary focus was on increasing food supplies and reducing food prices, a stra...
John Hoddinott, Harold Alderman, Jere R. Behrman, Lawrence Haddad et al.
The Economic Rationale for Investing in Stunting Reduction This paper outlines the economic rationale for investments that reduce stunting. We present a framework that illustrates the functional consequences of stunting in the 1000 days after conception throughout the life cycle: from childhood thro...
Shweta Khandelwal, Tanusree Paul, Lawrence Haddad, Surbhi Bhalla et al.
BACKGROUND: Despite decades of nutrition advocacy and programming, the nutrition situation in South Asian countries is alarming. We assume that modern training in nutrition at the post graduate level is an important contributor to building the capacity of individuals to think and act effectively whe...
Nicholas Nisbett, Elise Wach, Lawrence Haddad, Shams El Arifeen
Leadership has been identified as a key factor in supporting action on nutrition in countries experiencing a high burden of childhood undernutrition. This study of individuals identified as influential within nutrition in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya and India examines why particular individuals cham...
Agnes Quisumbing, Lawrence James Haddad, Christine Lao Peña
This paper presents new evidence on the association between gender and poverty based on an empirical analysis of 11 data sets from 10 developing countries. The paper computes income- and expenditure-based poverty measures and investigates their sensitivity to the use of per capita and per adult equi...
Dr. Saeeda Mirza, Dr. Sadia Butt, Dr. Qurat ul Ain Ahmed, Dr. Mehreen Riaz et al.
This study aims to examine the influence of intellectual capital on job performance within the education sector in Lahore, Pakistan, with a specific focus on the mediating roles of organizational commitment, attitude, and job satisfaction. While extensive research has explored the direct relationshi...
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek D.; Olofinbiyi, Tolulope; Wiesmann, Doris; Yin, Sandra; Yohannes, Yisehac; Foley, Connell; von Oppeln, Constanze; Iseli, Bettina; Béné, Christophe; Haddad, Lawrence James, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3370-6061 Haddad, Lawrence; http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2476-5131 Headey, Derek; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1269-4041 Olofinbiyi, Tolulope; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6908-5773 von Grebmer, K.; http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0578-5831 Yin, Sandra; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7932-1816 Yohannes, Yisehac
L’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2013 (GHI), élaboré à partir de données couvrant la période 2008-2012, montre que le niveau de la faim dans le monde s’est amélioré depuis 1990, diminuant d’un tiers. En dépit des progrès réalisés, le niveau de la faim demeure « grave », avec 870 millions de personn...
Books reviewed: Robert Chambers, Whose Reality Counts? Putting the First Last Geoffrey D. Wood and Iffath A. Sharif (eds), Who Needs Credit? Poverty and Finance in Bangladesh Tony Killick with R. Gunatilaka and A. Marr, Aid and the Political Economy of Policy Change Alex de Waal, Famine Crimes: Poli...