Mitigating Seasonal Hunger: Evidence from Northwest Bangladesh
Published By: International Growth Centre on eSS | Published Date: September, 01 , 2011The seasonality of poverty and food deprivation is a common feature of rural livelihoods in
Bangladesh, but it is more marked in the northwest region of Rangpur where the interlocking of seasonality and endemic poverty results in severe seasonal hunger. The recently launched policy interventions in the region provide a test case of what works and what does not in combating seasonal hunger. The quasi-experimental designs of some of these interventions are particularly suitable for assessing their impacts. [Policy Brief]
Author(s): Shahidur Khandker, Wahiduddin Mahmud | Posted on: Dec 12, 2011 | Views(435) | Download (836)