Across developing countries, women play an important role both as producers of major food crops and in improving household nutrition. This research paper aims to assess the effect of improving women's empowerment on the nutritional status of children in rural Burkina Faso. Based on data from the...

Data from 2,251 small and medium-size farms for 2021 and 2022 show that area reductions in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine remained limited. However, worsening terms of trade reduced farm profitability, implying that 46 percent of farms had a negative cash flow and 54 percent (67...

This note summarizes the findings of the water supply and sanitation subsector review conducted through the lens of a public expenditure and institutional review. The review seeks to support the government in addressing the challenges impeding the sector's performance by highlighting the reforms...

Mobilitätsformen und Mobilitätstechnologien unterliegen zurzeit erheblichen Veränderungsprozessen, eng verknüpft mit zunehmenden umweltpolitischen Anforderungen aus dem Bereich Energiewende/Klimaschutz einerseits und dynamischen Entwicklungen im Bereich der mobilen Anwendung von...

The Tanzanian coastal areas are socially, nutritionally, economically and environmentally important, yet they are vulnerable to both over-exploitation and degradation of their habitats. This book demonstrates the extent which various socio-economic dimensions of rural coastal households...