Publications
11. Tauseef, S., Headey, D.D. & Lambrecht, I.B. (2025). Is Subjective Wellbeing Too Subjective? The (large) Impact of Randomized Placement of Happiness and Worry Questions in a National Survey of Crisis-Affected Myanmar. Social Indicators Research.
10. Headey, D., Tauseef, S., Oo, T. & Linn, K.M. (2025). Food avoidance taboos during breastfeeding are widespread and lead to large declines in maternal dietary diversity in Myanmar. The Journal of Nutrition.
9. Ahmed A., Hidrobo, M., Hoddinott, J., Koch, B., Roy, S., & Tauseef, S. (2025). Sustainable Poverty Reduction through Social Assistance: Modality, Context, and Complementary Programming in Bangladesh. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics [Previous working paper version]
8. Matsuura, M., Islam, A.H.M.S., & Tauseef, S. (2024). Mobile phones, income diversification, and poverty reduction in rural Bangladesh. Review of Development Economics.
7. Tauseef, S. & Sufian, F. D. (2024). The Causal Effect of Early Marriage on Women’s Bargaining Power: Evidence from Bangladesh. World Bank Economic Review.
6. Seager, J., Baird, S., Kalow, J., & Tauseef, S. (2023). Locking down adolescent hunger: covid-19 and food security in Bangladesh. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy.
5. Nguyen, P. H., Tauseef, S., Khuong, L. Q., Das Gupta, R., Billah, S. M., Menon, P., & Scott, S. (2022). Underweight, overweight or obesity, diabetes, and hypertension in Bangladesh, 2004 to 2018. PloS One.
4. Seager, J., Asaduzzaman, T. M., Baird, S., Sabarwal, S., & Tauseef, S. (2022). Gender, growth mindset, and Covid-19: A cluster randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh. Review of Economic Analysis.
3. Tauseef, S. (2022). The importance of nutrition education in achieving food security and adequate nutrition of the poor: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics.
2. Ahmed, A. & Tauseef, S. (2022). Climbing up the ladder and watching out for the fall: Poverty dynamics in rural Bangladesh. Social Indicators Research.
1. Tauseef, S. (2022). Can money buy happiness? Subjective wellbeing and its relationship with income, relative income, monetary and non-monetary poverty in Bangladesh. Journal of Happiness Studies. [Working paper version]
Book Chapters
5. Tauseef, S. & Bashir, A. (2025). Poverty and Vulnerability in Rural Bangladesh. Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan. https://www.adb.org/publications/pursuing-inclusive-economic-development-in-asia
4. Tauseef, S. (2024). Between Tradition and Modernity: Exploring the Differences in Factors Driving Happiness in Indigenous and the General Population in Bangladesh. In: Selin, H., Davey, G. (eds) Happiness Across Cultures. Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://10.1007/978-94-024-2258-0_3
3. Mahrt, K. Headey, D., Ecker, O., Comstock, A. & Tauseef, S. (2024). Dietary Quality and Nutrition in Myanmar: Past Progress, Current and Future Challenges. In Myanmar’s agrifood system: Historical development, recent shocks, future opportunities., eds. Duncan Boughton, Ben Belton, Isabel Lambrecht, Ian Masias, and Bart Minten, Chapter 4, Pp. 79-120. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152392
2. Matsuura, M., Islam, A.H.M.S., & Tauseef, S. (2023). Mobile Money Mitigates the Negative Effects of Weather Shocks: Implications for Risk Sharing and Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh. In Digital Transformation for Inclusive and Sustainable Development in Asia, eds. Subhasis Bera, Yixin Yao, Amitendu Palit, and Dil B. Rahut. PART III: Digital Finance for Resilience and Prosperity, Chapter 6, Pp. 121-144. Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan. https://doi.org/10.56506/HSDC4319
1. Ahmed, A. & Tauseef, S. (2021). Climbing up the ladder and watching out for the fall: Poverty dynamics in rural Bangladesh. In Securing Food for All in Bangladesh, eds. Akhter Ahmed, Nurul Islam, and Mustafa K. Mujeri. Part Four: Poverty, Food Security, and Women's Empowerment, Chapter 13, Pp. 453-482. Dhaka, Bangladesh: University Press Limited. https://doi.org/10.2499/9789845063715_13
Research notes/Policy briefs
Tauseef, S.; Headey, D.; Oo, T.; and Linn, K M. (2025). Analyzing Early Childhood Development (ECD) in Yangon and rural Ayeyarwady: October - November 2023. Myanmar SSP Working Paper 71. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176497
Tauseef, S; Mahrt, K; van Asselt, J; and Win, H E. (2025). Livelihoods and welfare: Findings from the eighth round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (October – December 2024). Myanmar SSP Research Note 123. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175875
Tauseef, S; Linn, K M; and Oo, T. (2025). The state of food security and nutrition in Myanmar, 2021-2024: Findings from eight rounds of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey. Myanmar SSP Working Paper 67. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175339
Myanmar Agrifood Program for Strategy and Analysis. (2024). Food avoidance among breastfeeding mothers in Myanmar and its impacts on maternal dietary quality. Myanmar SSP Research Note 118. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute.
Myanmar Agrifood Program for Strategy and Analysis. (2024). Livelihoods and welfare: Findings from the seventh round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (January–June 2024). Myanmar SSP Working Paper 64. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute.
Myanmar Agrifood Program for Strategy and Analysis. (2024). The state of food security and nutrition in Myanmar 2021-24: Findings from seven rounds of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey. Myanmar SSP Working Paper 62. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute.
Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity. (2024). Stunting and wasting rates among pre-school age children in Yangon and Ayeyarwady, October–November 2023. Myanmar SSP Research Note 109. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute.
Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity. (2024). Prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among mothers in Yangon and Ayeyarwady, October–November 2023. Myanmar SSP Research Note 108. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute.
Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity. (2024). Tracking Maternal and Child Anthropometric Outcomes, Early Childhood Development, Maternal Mental Health and Household Welfare in Urban Yangon and Rural Ayeyarwady: A Description of the 11th Round of the Rural-Urban Food Security Survey (RUFSS) Conducted in October-November 2023. Data Paper. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
MAPSA (Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity). (2024). “The state of food security and nutrition in Myanmar 2022-23: Findings from six rounds of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey”. MAPSA Working Paper 47. Washington, DC: IFPRI.
Myanmar Agricultural Policy Support Activity (MAPSA). (2023). The state of food security and nutrition in Myanmar 2022-23: Findings from five rounds of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey. Myanmar SSP Working Paper 45. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity (MAPSA). (2023). The state of food security and nutrition in Myanmar 2022: Findings from four rounds of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey. Myanmar SSP Research Note 93. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity. (2023). Promising indicators for effectively targeting the poor in Myanmar. Myanmar SSP Summary Note 11. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity (MAPSA). (2022). The state of food security and nutrition in Myanmar: Findings from the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey 2021-2022. Myanmar SSP Research Note 88. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Baird, S., Seager, J., Tauseef, S. and Jones, N. (2021). The Effect Of COVID-19 on Economic Participation and Human Capital Development of Youth Living in Urban Slums in Bangladesh. New Haven, CT: Innovations for Poverty Action.
Asaduzzaman, T.M., Baird, S., Jones, N., Sabarwal, S., Seager, J. and Tauseef, S. (2021) The Gendered Impact of COVID-19 on Adolescents’ Education and School-to- Work Transitions in Bangladesh. New Haven, CT: Innovations for Poverty Action.
International Food Policy Research Institute (2017). Feed the Future Bangladesh 2011-2015 Zone of Influence Interim Assessment Report. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Ahmed, A. U., Ghostlaw, J., Haque, L., Hossain, N. Z., Parvin, A., Sufian, F. D., & Tauseef, S. (2017). Agriculture, Nutrition and Gender Linkages (ANGeL): Baseline Report. Submitted to Agricultural Policy Support Unit (APSU), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) by Bangladesh Policy Research and Strategy Support Program for Food Security and Agricultural Development, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Ahmed, A. U., Abedin, Z., Ghostlaw, J., Hernandez, R., Hossain, N. Z., Quabili, W., Shaba, F., & Tauseef, S. (2016). Selected Indicators for the Feed the Future Zone of Influence in Bangladesh: Change from 2011/12 Baseline to 2015 Midline. Submitted to United States Agency for International Development (USAID) by Bangladesh Policy Research and Strategy Support Program for Food Security and Agricultural Development, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Ahmed, A. U., Abedin, Z., Hernandez, R., Hossain, N. Z., Quabili, W., Sufian, F. D., & Tauseef, S. (2016). Population Numbers for the Feed the Future High Level Impact Indicators in Bangladesh: Changes from 2011 Baseline to 2015 Midline. Submitted to United States Agency for International Development (USAID) by Bangladesh Policy Research and Strategy Support Program for Food Security and Agricultural Development, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Dhaka, Bangladesh.
IFPRI and CASEED. (2016). Integrated Agricultural Strategy Plan for Teesta River Basin Region in Bangladesh. Submitted to the Agricultural Policy Support Unit (APSU), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
Blog articles/In the Press
Tauseef, S. & & Sufian, F. D. (2024). The impact of marriage timing on women's agency: Evidence from rural Bangladesh. IFPRI Research Blog.
Ahmed, A. U., Tauseef, S., & Ghostlaw, J. (2016). IFPRI’s Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS) second round dataset now available. IFPRI Research Blog.
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