Transfer Modality Research Initiative: Impacts of combining social protection and nutrition in Bangladesh

Akhter Ahmed (), John Hoddinott and Shalini Roy

No July 2021, Project notes from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: In Bangladesh, social protection programs have the potential to uplift the most vulnerable out of poverty. Until recently, however, these programs have had little impact on nutrition. Results from a randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh – the Transfer Modality Research Initiative – provides the proof of concept that combining social safety net transfers with nutrition behavior change communication (BCC) can significantly improve household food security and child nutrition, and these impacts can be sustained over time.

Keywords: policies; social protection; nutrition; cash transfers; food security; behaviour; social safety nets; poverty; Bangladesh; Southern Asia; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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