Inventory of IFPRI work on resilience

Explore our compilation of IFPRI researchers’ work on resilience within food and nutrition security, published in both IFPRI and external outlets.

The list will be updated regularly to reflect any missing publications or newly published work.

• ADB, 2009. Building Climate Resilience in the Agriculture Sector in Asia and the Pacific, Available at: http://www.adb.org/publications/building-climate-resilience-agriculture-sector-asia-and-pacific
• Ahmed, A. & Ninno, C. Del, 2002. Food for education program in Bangladesh: An evaluation of its impact on educational attainment and food security. Food Consumption and Nutrition Division. Available at: http://www.ifpri.cgiar.org/sites/default/files/pubs/divs/fcnd/dp/papers/fcndp138.pdf
• Alderman, H. & Haque, T. 2006. Countercyclical safety nets for the poor and vulnerable. Food Policy, 31(4), pp.372-383. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2006.02.003
• Alderman, H. & Yemtsov, R. 2013. How Can Safety Nets Contribute to Economic Growth? The World Bank Economic Review. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/wber/lht011
• Al-Riffai P., C. Breisinger, D. Verner, T. Zhu. 2012. Droughts in Syria: an assessment of impacts and options for improving the resilience of the poor. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture. 51(1): 21-49. Available at: http://www.agrar.hu-berlin.de/fakultaet/departments/daoe/publ/qjia/contents/2012/1-12/Al-Riffai
• Benson, T., Chamberlin, J. & Rhinehart, I., 2005. An investigation of the spatial determinants of the local prevalence of poverty in rural Malawi. Food Policy, 30(5), pp.532–50. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2005.09.004
• Boto, I. & Pandya-lorch, R., Agricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks. Available at: http://brusselsbriefings.net/past-briefings/agricultural-resilience/
• Braun, J., 2009. Addressing the food crisis: governance, market functioning, and investment in public goods. Food Security, 1(1), pp.9–15. Available at: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12571-008-0001-z
• Breisinger, C. et al., 2013. Tackling Egypt’s rising food insecurity in times of transition. Joint IFPRI-WFP-CAPMAS Country Policy Note. World Food Programme, Country Office Arab Republic of Egypt, and International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C. Available at: http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpriwfppn_egypt.pdf
• Breisinger C., O. Ecker, P. Al-Riffai. 2011. Economics of the Arab Awakening: from revolution to transformation and food security. IFPRI Policy Brief 18. (in Arabic, English, French and German). International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Washington D.C. Available at: http://www.ifpri.org/publication/economics-arab-awakening
• Breisinger C., T. Zhu, P. Al Riffai, G. Nelson, R. Robertson, J. Funes, D. Verner. Global and local economic impacts of climate change in Syria and options for adaptation. Climate Change Economics. 4(1).
• Calderone, M.; Maystadt, J.F.; and You, L. 2013. Vulnerability to shocks and resilience to conflicts in South Sudan. Available at: http://www.ifpri.org/publication/local-warming-and-violent-conflict-north-and-south-sudan
• Coll-Black, S., D. O. Gilligan, J. Hoddinott, N. Kumar, A. S. Taffesse, and W. Wiseman. 2012. Targeting Food Security Interventions in Ethiopia: The Productive Safety Net Programme. In Food and Agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and Policy Challenges. Eds. P. Dorosh, and S. Rashid. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Available at: http://www.ifpri.org/publication/food-and-agriculture-ethiopia
• del Ninno, C. and M. Lundberg. 2005. Treading water: The long-term impact of the 1998 flood on nutrition in Bangladesh. Economics & Human Biology. 3(1): 67-96. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2004.12.002
• del Ninno, C., P. A. Dorosh and L. C. Smith.  2003.  “Public Policy, Markets and Household Coping Strategies in Bangladesh: Avoiding a Food Security Crisis Following the 1998 Floods”.  World Development.  31(7):1221-1238. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0305-750X(03)00071-8
• del Ninno, C., P. A. Dorosh, L. C. Smith and D. K. Roy (2001). The 1998 Floods in Bangladesh: Disaster Impacts, Household Coping Strategies and Response.  International Food Policy Research Institute Research Report No. 122.  Washington, D.C.: IFPRI. Available at: http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/rr122.pdf
• del Ninno, C., P. A. Dorosh and N. Islam.  2002.  “Reducing Vulnerability to Natural Disasters: Lessons from the 1998 Floods in Bangladesh.”  IDS Bulletin, 33(4): 98-107.
• Dillon, A., V. Mueller, and S. Salau (2011). “Migratory Responses to Agricultural Risk in Northern Nigeria,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 93(4), 1048-1061. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aar033
• Gillespie, S. et al., 2009. Food prices and the HIV response: findings from rapid regional assessments in eastern and southern Africa in 2008. Food Security, 1(3), pp.261–269. Available at: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12571-009-0027-x
• Gillespie, S. et al., 2013. The politics of reducing malnutrition: building commitment and accelerating progress. The Lancet, 6736(13). Available at: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140673613608429
• Gillespie, S. & Drimie, S., 2009. Hyperendemic AIDS, food insecurity and vulnerability in southern Africa: a conceptual evolution, Available at: http://www.ifpri.org/publication/hyperendemic-aids-food-insecurity-and-vulnerability-southern-africa
• Graham, J., S. Rashid, and M. Malek. 2012. Disaster Response and Emergency Risk Management in Ethiopia. In Food and Agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and Policy Challenges. Eds. P. Dorosh, and S. Rashid. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Available at: http://www.ifpri.org/publication/food-and-agriculture-ethiopia
• Gray, C. and V. Mueller (2012). “Drought and Population Mobility in Rural Ethiopia,”World Development 40(1). 134-145. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.023
• Gray, C. and V. Mueller (2012). “Natural Disasters and Population Mobility in Bangladesh.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109(16), 6000-6005. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1115944109
• Headey, D., Taffesse, A.S. & You, L., 2012. Enhancing Resilience in the Horn of Africa: An Exploration into Alternative Investment Options. Available at:
  http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp01176.pdf
• Headey, D. and Kennedy A. 2012. Enhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa. Synthesis of an evidence based workshop. Available at: http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/cp_hornofafrica.pdf
• Hoddinott, J. 2006. Shocks and their consequences across and within households in rural Zimbabwe. Journal of Development Studies 42(2) 301-321.
• Hoddinott, J. and Quisumbing, A. 2003. Data Sources for Microeconometric Risk and Vulnerability Assessments. Social Protection Discussion Paper Series No. 0323. World Bank.
• Hoddinott, J. and Quisumbing, A. 2003. Methods for Microeconometric Risk and Vulnerability Assessments. Social Protection Discussion Paper Series No. 0324. World Bank.
• Hoddinott, J. and Kinsey, B. 2001.Child growth in the time of drought. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 63 (4).
• Jalloh, A. et al., 2013. West African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis, Washington: International Food Policy Research Institute. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/9780896292048
• Loevinsohn, M. & Gillespie, S., 2003. HIV/AIDS, food security and rural livelihoods: understanding and responding, Available at: http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/pubs/divs/fcnd/dp/papers/fcndp157.pdf
• Marchiori, L.; Maystadt, J.-F. and Schumacher I. 2012. Weather Variations and Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 63(3):355-374.
• Maystadt, J.F.; and Mueller V. 2012. Environmental Migrants : A Myth ? IFPRI Research Brief 18. http://www.ifpri.org/publication/environmental-migrants
• Maystadt, J.F. and Ecker, O. 2014. Extreme Weather and Civil War: Does Drought Fuel Conflict in Somalia through Livestock Price Shocks? American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aau010
• Maystadt, J.F.; Ecker, O.; and Mabiso, A. 2013. Extreme Weather and Civil War in Somalia: Does Drought Fuel Conflict through Livestock Price Shocks? IFPRI Discussion paper 01243. Available at: http://www.ifpri.org/publication/extreme-weather-and-civil-war-somalia.
• Maystadt, J.-F.; Tan, T.; and Breisinger, C. 2012. Does Food Security Matter for Transition in Arab Countries. IFPRI Discussion Paper 01196. Available at: http://www.ifpri.org/publication/does-food-security-matter-transition-arab-countries
• Mueller, V. and A. Quisumbing (2011). “How Resilient Are Labor Markets to Natural Disasters? The Case of the 1998 Bangladesh Flood,” Journal of Development Studies 47(12), 1954-1971. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2011.579113
• Mueller, V. and D. Osgood (2009). “Long-term Consequences of Short-term Precipitation Shocks: Evidence from Brazilian Migrant Households,” Agricultural Economics 40(5), 573-586. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00399.x
• Mueller, V. and D. Osgood (2009). “Long-term Impacts of Droughts on Labor Markets in Developing Countries: Evidence from Brazil,” Journal of Development Studies 45(10), 1651-1662.
• Nelson, G., 2010. Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: Scenarios, results, policy options, Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/9780896291867
• Pankhurst, A., M. Dessalegn, V. Mueller, and M. Hailemariam (2013). “Migration and Resettlement in Ethiopia: Reflections on Trends and Implications for Food Security,” Chapter 14 in Food Security, Safety Nets and Social Protection: the Ethiopian Experience. Eds. A. Pankhurst, D. Rahmato, and G. Van Uffelen. Forum for Social Studies. Available at: http://www.fssethiopia.org/publicationdetail.php?pubid=252
• Ragasa, C. et al., 2013. Organizational and Institutional Issues in Climate Change Adaptation and Risk Management: Insights from Practitioners’ Survey in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali. , pp.1–57. Available at: http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp01279.pdf
• Robinson, S., Strzepek, K. & Cervigni, R., 2013. The Cost of Adapting to Climate Change in Ethiopia: Sector-Wise and Macro-Economic Estimates. Available at: http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/esspwp53.pdf
• Ruel, M.T. & Alderman, H., 2013. Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child nutrition? The Lancet, 6736(13), pp.1–16. Available at: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140673613608430
• Yamauchi, F., Y. Yohannes, and A. R. Quisumbing. 2009. Natural Disasters, Self-Insurance and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Malawi. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series WPS4910. Washington DC: World Bank. Available at: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2009/04/24/000158349_20090424143700/Rendered/PDF/WPS4910.pdf