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Woman bends over to scatter fertilizer from a paper bag in a a maize field.

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How is Kenya’s National Fertilizer Subsidy Program working?

Dec 18, 2023by Hailemariam Ayalew, Joseph Karugia, John Olwande, and Clemens Breisinger

Complex challenges for farmers amid a continuing food crisis.

Two women, wearing hijabs, and baby in meeting

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Informing policies with causal impact evaluations: Co-creation and trust matter

Dec 6, 2023by Kibrom Abay, Akhter Ahmed, Clemens Breisinger, Naureen Karachiwalla, Sikandra Kurdi, and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse

IFPRI assessments provide key information for policymakers.

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How can artificial intelligence-powered chatbots help policymakers? A roadmap for Kenya

Jun 1, 2023by Boniface Akuku, Clemens Breisinger, Joseph Karugia, Jawoo Koo, Michael Keenan, and Richard Ndegwa

Integrating AI into the policy process.

farm workers process maize husks in Kenya

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Rising commodities prices driven by the Russia-Ukraine crisis threaten to undermine Kenya’s economy, increase poverty

Jun 10, 2022by Clemens Breisinger , Xinshen Diao, Paul Dorosh, Juneweenex Mbuthia, Lensa Omune, Edwin Ombui Oseko, Angga Pradesha and James Thurlow

Modeling shows lowered GDP and agricultural production for 2022.

Workers unload food assistance boxes in Beirute

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One of the world’s worst economic collapses, now compounded by the Ukraine crisis: What’s next for Lebanon?

May 6, 2022by Clemens Breisinger, Nadim Khouri, Joseph Glauber and David Laborde

High food prices and shortages pummel an already suffering population.

A baker gets the bread from the oven in his bakery in El Fasher, North Darfur.

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The Russia-Ukraine conflict is likely to compound Sudan’s existing food security problems

Apr 6, 2022by Clemens Breisinger, Oliver Kirui, Paul Dorosh, Joseph Glauber and David Laborde

Chronic economic disruptions meet the market impacts of a distant war.

A woman prepares food for her three children in a Yemen settlement for displaced people

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens to further exacerbate the food insecurity emergency in Yemen

Mar 23, 2022by Sikandra Kurdi, Clemens Breisinger, Joseph Glauber and David Laborde

When the impacts of one war compound those of another.

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The Russia-Ukraine crisis poses a serious food security threat for Egypt

Mar 14, 2022by Kibrom Abay, Lina Abdelfattah, Clemens Breisinger, Joseph Glauber and David Laborde

A country heavily dependent on wheat faces supply disruptions and spiking prices.

Rice bags at a rice packing center, India

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The links between food-related trade and fiscal policies and obesity rates in low- and middle-income countries

Jan 21, 2022by Kibrom Abay, Hosam Ibrahim, Clemens Breisinger and Ali Abdelhadi

Nutrition impacts of tariffs and subsidies.

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Economic impact of COVID-19 on tourism and remittances: Insights from Egypt

Apr 1, 2020by Clemens Breisinger, Abla Abdel Latif, Mariam Raouf and Manfred Wiebelt

Modeling results show monthly declines in GDP, with the poor hit hardest.

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What's the future of food subsidies in Egypt?

Jul 16, 2019by Hoda El-Enbaby, Clemens Breisinger and Maria Laura Sanchez Puerta

Lessons from experiences of food subsidy programs in Indonesia, the Philippines, and the United States for Egypt's Tamween system.

Panelists at the Berlin launch of the Global Food Policy Report (June 11, 2014).

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A world without hunger

Jun 19, 2014by Clemens Breisinger

At the recent Berlin launch of IFPRI’s Global Food Policy Report, IFPRI Director General

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Reducing Poverty and Hunger in Yemen

Feb 25, 2010

Dialogue with Clemens Breisinger, Research Fellow, Development Strategy and Governance Division:

Why is IFPRI now focusing on Yemen?

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