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David Spielman

David Spielman is the director of IFPRI’s Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit and has been with the institute since 2004. His research agenda covers a range of topics including agriculture and rural development policy; agricultural science, technology, and innovation; plant genetic resources and seed systems; agricultural extension and advisory services; and community-driven rural development.

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MGNREGS has raised welfare, brought down inequality, says study (LiveMint)

January 30, 2019


LiveMint published an article about the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme acting as a conditional cash transfer for rural and poor Indian farmers.  IFPRI research from Yanyan Liu was included in the article as findings show that the program has significantly improved the well-being of beneficiaries through better nutrition intake and the accumulation of more household assets.

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