Publications

IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 01776, entitled “Child Nutritional Status, Welfare and Health in Nigerian Households”, and co-authored by Margaret Adesugba, Hyacinth Edeh and George Mavrotas, is now published. The study attempts to provide insights into the relationships among child nutritional status, welfare and health among households and how these have evolved in Nigeria using the […]

The Nigeria Strategy Support Program (NSSP) Working Paper No. 60, entitled “Agricultural public expenditures, sector performance and welfare in Nigeria: A state-level analysis”, and co-authored by George Mavrotas, Tewodaj Mogues, Motunrayo Oyeyemi, Jennifer Smart and Zhe Xiong, is now published. Building on the work of earlier studies that looked at trends in and returns to […]

The Nigeria Strategy Support Program (NSSP) Working Paper No. 59, entitled “The enabling environment for informal food traders in Nigeria’s secondary cities”, and co-authored by Danielle Resnick, Bhavna Sivasubramanian, Idiong Christopher Idiong, Michael Akindele Ojo, and Likita Tanko, is now published. Informal vendors are a critical source of food security for urban residents in African cities. However, […]

Washington, D.C: Urbanization is changing the landscape of health and nutrition in Africa, and in Nigeria it relates to both lower levels of stunting among children and higher rates of obesity among women, according to two recent studies by researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Researchers examined nighttime light intensity in Nigeria as […]

The Nigeria Strategy Support Program (NSSP) Working Paper No. 58, entitled “Role of Land Access in Youth Migration and Youth Employment Decisions: Empirical Evidence from Rural Nigeria”, and co-authored by Hosaena Ghebru, Mulubrhan Amare, George Mavrotas and Adebayo Ogunniyi, is now published. The paper examines the role of land access in youth migration and employment […]