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Labor productivity growth and industrialization in Africa
Egypt introduced the Takaful and Karama Program (TKP), a pair of targeted cash transfer schemes in 2015.
Plot size and sustainable input intensification in smallholder irrigated agriculture: Evidence from Egypt
Increasing population pressure and population density in many African countries are inducing land scarcity and land constraints.
The Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Implications for Global and Regional Food Security and Potential Policy Responses
This paper analyzes the implications of the Russian-Ukraine crisis on global and regional food security. We start with a global vulnerability analysis to identify most vulnerable regions and countries.
Forsa pilot program and evaluation plan
Forsa, which means “Opportunity” in Arabic, is a new economic inclusion program of the government of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Forsa pilot program and evaluation plan [in Arabic]
Remote sensing data for monitoring agricultural production and economic activity: Application in Egypt [in Arabic]
تعرض هذه المذكرة المتعلقة بالسياسات مثالين عن كيفية استخدام بيانات الاستشعار
Remote sensing data for monitoring agricultural production and economic activity: Application in Egypt
This policy note showcases two examples on how remote sensing data can be used for monitoring agricultural production and economic activities.
توجز مذكرة السياسات الحالية نتائج تقييم بدائل الاستثمارات العامة داخل منظومة الغذاء - الزراعة في مصر، والذي تم دراسته من قبل "المعهد الدولي لبحوث السياسات الغذائية" في إطار التعاون مع وزارة الزراعة واستصلاح الأراضي وجامعة القاهرة.
This policy note summarizes an evaluation of public investment options for Egypt’s agri-food system conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of the Governm
The 2019 SAM for Egypt builds on the previous 2014/15 SAM that was built and published by Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) with the support of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
The Regional 2014/15 SAM for Egypt includes 62 sectors and 66 products.
The Tunisian regionalized SAM is built using the national accounts statistics, the Supply and Use Tables for 2015 that were produced by National Institute of Statistics (NIS).
On the optimality of common external tariffs in Africa: Evidence from the EAC customs union
We study the determination of a common external tariff for African customs unions, using the case of the EAC.
The Egyptian government has prioritized the idea of cluster-based development-that is, the geographic concentration of specialized firms, such as in this case, those producing similar or related products.
A study of Tunisia’s leather and date sectors
Based on field visits, structured interviews, and reviews of the literature and secondary data, we examine major challenges facing the leather and date clusters in Tunisia. The challenges vary greatly between the clusters.
One of the most pressing challenges facing food systems in Africa is ensuring availability of a healthy and sustainable diet to 2.4 billion people by 2050.
Conformément à l’Agenda 2063, la ZLECAf représente une étape majeure dans l’achèvement réel de l'intégration économique de l’Afrique.