Attila Ambrus, Erica Field, Máximo Torero
We explain trends in dowry levels in Bangladesh by drawing attention to an institutional feature of marriage contracts previously ignored in the literature: mehr or traditional Islamic bride-price. We develop a model of marriage contracts in which mehr serves as a barrier to husbands exiting marriag...
von Grebmer, Klaus; Ringler, Claudia; Rosegrant, Mark W.; Olofinbiyi, Tolulope; Wiesmann, Doris; Fritschel, Heidi; Badiane, Ousmane; Torero, Maximo; Yohannes, Yisehac; Thompson, Jennifer; von Oppeln, Constanze; Rahall, Joseph, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0061-3400 Badiane, Ousmane; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3591-000X Fritschel, Heidi; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6371-6127 Rosegrant, Mark; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4863-3371 Torero, Maximo; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6908-5773 von Grebmer, K.; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1269-4041 Olofinbiyi, Tolulope; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7932-1816 Yohannes, Yisehac
World hunger, according to the 2012 Global Hunger Index (GHI), has declined somewhat since 1990 but remains “serious.” The global average masks dramatic differences among regions and countries. Regionally, the highest GHI scores are in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. South Asia reduced its GHI sc...
Joachim von Braun, Kaosar Afsana, L.O. Fresco, Mohamed Hassan et al.
Klaus von Grebmer, Máximo Torero, Tolulope Olofinbiyi, Heidi Fritschel et al.
From the 1990 GHI to the 2011 GHI, 15 countries were able to reduce their scores by 50 percent or more. Nineteen countries moved out of the bottom two categories – “extremely alarming†and “alarming.†In terms of absolute progress, Angola, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, ...
Máximo Torero, Shyamal Chowdhury, Virgilio Galdo
Joachim von Braun, Kaosar Afsana, L.O. Fresco, Mohamed Hag Ali Hassan et al.
Abstract The United Nations with its Food Systems Summit 2021 and member countries seek to alter food systems to be healthier, safer, more sustainable, efficient and equitable. This chapter informs about concepts and definitions of food systems and the determinants of their change. To foster a clear...
von Grebmer, Klaus; Ringler, Claudia; Rosegrant, Mark W.; Olofinbiyi, Tolulope; Wiesmann, Doris; Fritschel, Heidi; Badiane, Ousmane; Torero, Maximo; Yohannes, Yisehac; Thompson, Jennifer; von Oppeln, Constanze; Rahall, Joseph, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0061-3400 Badiane, Ousmane; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3591-000X Fritschel, Heidi; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6371-6127 Rosegrant, Mark; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4863-3371 Torero, Maximo; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6908-5773 von Grebmer, K.; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1269-4041 Olofinbiyi, Tolulope; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7932-1816 Yohannes, Yisehac
Selon l’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2012 (GHI), la faim dans le monde a quelque peu diminué depuis 1990 mais reste « grave ». La moyenne mondiale masque des écarts importants entre les régions et les pays. A l’échelle régionale, ce sont l’Asie du Sud et l’Afrique subsaharienne qui obtiennent les...
von Oppeln Constanze, Wiesmann Doris, Heidi Fritschel, Von Klaus et al.
From the 1990 GHI to the 2011 GHI, 15 countries were able to reduce their scores by 50 percent or more. Nineteen countries moved out of the bottom two categories – “extremely alarming†and “alarming.†In terms of absolute progress, Angola, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, ...
Máximo Torero, Shyamal Chowdhury, Virgilio Galdo, Torero, Maximo et al.
This paper measures the rural households' willingness to pay (WTP) for access to public telephone services in Bangladesh and Peru through contingent valuation methods. The development of contingent valuation methods together with the econometric expansion of qualitative response models has permitted...