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International Food Policy Research Institute
Nonprofit•Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States•
About: International Food Policy Research Institute is a nonprofit organization based out in Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Agriculture & Food security. The organization has 1217 authors who have published 4952 publications receiving 218436 citations.
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TL;DR: This paper revisited the trade story by closely examining monthly data from Thailand and the United States and found that large surges in export volumes preceded the price surges, suggesting that trade events played a much larger and more pervasive role than previously thought.
392 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify factors affecting organization and collective action among water users in major canal irrigation systems in India and find that organizations are more likely to be formed in larger commands, closer to market towns, with religious centers and potential leadership from college graduates and influential persons.
389 citations
TL;DR: It is shown that air pollution reduces hedonic happiness and increases the rate of depressive symptoms, while life satisfaction has little to do with the immediate air quality.
389 citations
TL;DR: In this article, an analysis of determinants of adoption of hybrid maize and tobacco and related income effects is presented, showing that differences in the household's access to financial and commodity markets significantly influence its cropping shares and farm income.
386 citations
TL;DR: This paper presents 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, and constructs credible estimates of benefit-cost ratios for a plausible set of nutritional interventions to reduce stunting.
Abstract: 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 around each of the links in the life cycle, highlighting gaps in knowledge where they exist. We construct credible estimates of benefit-cost ratios for a plausible set of nutritional interventions to reduce stunting. There are considerable challenges in doing so that we document. We assume an uplift in income of 11% due to the prevention of one fifth of stunting and a 5% discount rate of future benefit streams. Our estimates of the country-specific benefit-cost ratios for investments that reduce stunting in 17 high-burden countries range from 3.6 (DRC) to 48 (Indonesia) with a median value of 18 (Bangladesh). Mindful that these results hinge on a number of assumptions, they compare favourably with other investments for which public funds compete.
380 citations
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| Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael B. Zimmermann | 83 | 437 | 23563 |
| Kenneth H. Brown | 79 | 353 | 23199 |
| Thomas Reardon | 79 | 285 | 25458 |
| Marie T. Ruel | 77 | 300 | 22862 |
| John Hoddinott | 75 | 357 | 21372 |
| Mark W. Rosegrant | 73 | 315 | 22194 |
| Agnes R. Quisumbing | 72 | 311 | 18433 |
| Johan F.M. Swinnen | 70 | 570 | 20039 |
| Stefan Dercon | 69 | 259 | 17696 |
| Jikun Huang | 69 | 430 | 18496 |
| Gregory J. Seymour | 66 | 385 | 17744 |
| Lawrence Haddad | 65 | 243 | 24931 |
| Rebecca J. Stoltzfus | 61 | 224 | 13711 |
| Ravi Kanbur | 61 | 498 | 19422 |
| Ruth Meinzen-Dick | 61 | 237 | 13707 |