Mateusz Filipski, Gracie Rosenbach, Ernesto Tiburcio, Paul A. Dorosh et al.
Abstract Refugee sites throughout the world are loci of economic activity, including small enterprises, but limited information exists on these. We advance knowledge by collecting and analysing data on 326 enterprises operating inside and outside Rohingya settlements in southeastern Bangladesh. We f...
Sk Masum Billah, Tarana E. Ferdous, Patrick J. Kelly, Camille Raynes‐Greenow et al.
Adequate dietary diversity among infants is often suboptimal in developing countries. We assessed the impact of nutrition counselling using a digital job aid on dietary diversity of children aged 6-23 months using data from a cluster randomised controlled trial in Bangladesh. The trial had five arms...
John Hoddinott, Paul A. Dorosh, Mateusz Filipski, Gracie Rosenbach et al.
OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between receipt of an electronic food voucher (e-voucher) compared to food rations on the nutritional status of Rohingya children living in refugee camps in Bangladesh. METHODS: This is an associational study using cross-sectional data. We measured heights and weig...
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...
John Hoddinott, Akhter Ahmed, Shalini Roy
OBJECTIVE: To examine the impact of a nutrition-sensitive social protection intervention on mothers' knowledge of Fe deficiency, awareness of multiple-micronutrient powders (MMP) and the consumption of MMP and other Fe supplements by their children aged 6-59 months. DESIGN: Two randomized controlled...
Akhter Ahmed, Fiona Coleman, Julie Ghostlaw, John Hoddinott et al.
In the context of rural Bangladesh, we assess whether agriculture training alone, nutrition Behavior Communication Change (BCC) alone, combined agriculture training and nutrition BCC, or agriculture training and nutrition BCC combined with gender sensitization improve: (a) production diversity, eith...
Shalini Roy, Mélissa Hidrobo, John Hoddinott, Bastien Koch et al.
<h3>Abstract</h3> Little is known about whether reductions in intimate partner violence (IPV) from transfer programs persist. Using a randomized controlled trial, we find that women in rural Bangladesh who received cash transfers with complementary nutrition programming (including group-based traini...
Akhter Ahmed, John F. Hoddinott, Kazi Md. Shaiful Islam, A.S.M. Mahbubur Rahman Khan et al.
BackgroundThis study examines the impact of genetically modified (GM) eggplant in Bangladesh.Eggplant, called brinjal in Bangladesh, is a high-value crop that is widely grown and consumed.Brinjal is highly vulnerable to fruit and shoot borer (FSB) pest.In response, farmers spray the crop heavily and...
Fiona Coleman, Akhter Ahmed, Agnes Quisumbing, Shalini Roy et al.
Background: Recent evidence suggests that diet inequities between men and women may have diminished within rural Bangladeshi households. However, this has not been directly tested with appropriate physiologic adjustments and it is unclear whether changes have occurred across socioeconomic strata. Un...
John Hoddinott, Naureen Karachiwalla, Natasha Ledlie, Shalini Roy
In many low-income countries, girls marry early and have children very soon after marriage. Although conveying infant and young child nutrition (IYCN) knowledge to adolescent girls in time is important to ensure the well-being of their children, little is known about the best ways to convey these me...
Akhter Ahmed, Fiona Coleman, John Hoddinott, Purnima Menon et al.
We use a randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh to compare two models of delivering nutrition content jointly to husbands and wives: deploying female nutrition workers versus mostly male agriculture extension workers. Both approaches increased nutrition knowledge of men and women, household...
Gargi Wable Grandner, Katherine L. Dickin, Ravi Kanbur, Purnima Menon et al.
Women of reproductive age (WRA) need adequate nutrient intakes to sustain a healthy pregnancy, support fetal growth, and breastfeed after childbirth. However, data on women's dietary intake in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are limited, and assessment of differences between dietary intakes...
M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, John Hoddinott
We assess whether ownership of dairy cows is associated with a greater likelihood of consuming dairy products and with child anthropometric status in rural Bangladesh. Consistent with the assumption of imperfectly functioning markets for dairy products, ownership of dairy cows increases the likeliho...
Gargi Wable Grandner, Kathleen M. Rasmussen, Katherine L. Dickin, Purnima Menon et al.
Community health workers (CHWs) increasingly provide interpersonal counselling to childbearing women and their families to improve adoption of recommended maternal and child nutrition behaviours. Little is known about CHWs' first-hand experiences garnering family support for improving maternal nutri...
Sk Masum Billah, Tarana E. Ferdous, Abu Bakkar Siddique, Camille Raynes‐Greenow et al.
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first 6 months has established benefits, yet had slow improvements globally. Little is known about electronic job aid-assisted counselling to support EBF. As a secondary outcome of a cluster randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh, we assessed the effect of el...