Eight years after activities ceased, the Treatment Modality Research Initiative (TMRI) showed protective effects on household food security during and after the pandemic, but positive impacts were only seen in the treatment arm that combined cash transfers with nutrition behavior change communication (Cash+BCC)

After eight years and Covid lockdowns, the treatment group that received cash, nutrition trainings and home visits was less likely to be food insecure.

An ex-post evaluation of a nutrition-and-gender-sensitive agricultural intervention in Bangladesh found that bundling nutrition and agriculture training may contribute to resilience as well as to sustained impacts on consumption, women’s empowerment, and asset holdings in the medium term.

A Contingent Line of Credit (CLOC) is a new financial instrument tailor-made for microfinance institutions and their smallholder clients and a powerful addition to a portfolio that charts a future of business growth. 

This report documents the results of a randomized controlled trial designed to identify and measure the direct and indirect impacts of the PEPFAR-funded Força à Comunidade e Crianças (FCC) program on households with orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) in Mozambique.

New MRR research from Nepal finds that pandemic-related shocks for rural households coincided with the government-imposed national lockdown and that women who took part in a livelihood-building program before the pandemic were more resilient by being in a stronger financial position.