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Africa Regional Integration and the AfCFTA

Africa Regional Integration and the AfCFTA

The regional integration landscape has been changing in Africa significantly over the past five years. In the Malabo declaration of June 2014, African countries committed……

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The political economy of large-scale food fortification in West Africa: Pathways toward harmonization

2025Resnick, Danielle
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The political economy of large-scale food fortification in West Africa: Pathways toward harmonization

For two decades, there have been ongoing efforts at harmonizing large-scale food fortification (LSFF) policies and procedures in West Africa. Despite some notable successes, micronutrient deficiencies in the region remain elevated. To identify which bottlenecks exist towards greater harmonization on LSFF, this study adopted a political economy perspective to consider areas of contention over interests, ideas, and institutions between domestic stakeholders, across countries, and within regional bodies. The study finds that West African governments have made impressive strides with harmonizing their LSFF standards and committing to the importance of fortification as one of several instruments for improving micronutrient deficiencies. Likewise, the donor and technical community have worked closely with the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), as well as specialized institutions of ECOWAS, such as the West African Health Organization (WAHO), to advance the LSFF agenda, support the private sector and national fortification alliances, and identify new food vehicles for fortification. At the same time, incoherent trade, tax, and macroeconomic policies in a context of multiple shocks and crises, protectionist impulses aimed at building up domestic agro-industries, lack of financial commitment to LSFF structures in the absence of donor support, and uneven financial contributions to ECOWAS and WAHO remain barriers to progress. Learning from these lessons and considering how to address LSFF from a holistic perspective that accounts for West Africa’s unique demographic, economic, and political characteristics will not only benefit extant harmonization efforts in ECOWAS but also help with broader continental alignment on fortification under the African Union’s 2025-2036 food and nutrition security strategy.

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2025

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Resnick, Danielle

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Resnick, Danielle. 2025. The political economy of large-scale food fortification in West Africa: Pathways toward harmonization. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2337. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174593

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Africa; Western Africa; Food Fortification; Nutrition; Nutrition Policies; Micronutrient Deficiencies

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English

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Global food 50/50 report 2023/2024: Analysis of family-friendly workplace policies and gender equality in 51 global food system organizations

2024Global Health 50/50; International Food Policy Research Institute; UN Women; Tanaka, Sonja; Malapit, Hazel J.; Njuki, Jemimah
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Global food 50/50 report 2023/2024: Analysis of family-friendly workplace policies and gender equality in 51 global food system organizations

The third annual Global Food 50/50 Report, a joint initiative of Global Health 50/50, the International Food Policy Research Institute, and UN Women, reviews the gender- and equity-related policies and practices of 51 global food system organizations to assess two interlinked dimensions of inequality: inequality of opportunity in careers within organizations and inequality in who benefits from the global food system. The Report highlights the progress, or lack thereof, made by food organizations in promoting diversity and equality in their leadership and decision-making. For the first time, the 2023/2024 Report expands its focus to address a policy area that plays a decisive role in promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace: the extent to which workplace policies recognize and support employees’ care responsibilities.

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2024

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Global Health 50/50; International Food Policy Research Institute; UN Women; Tanaka, Sonja; Malapit, Hazel J.; Njuki, Jemimah

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Global Health 50/50; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); and UN Women. 2024. Global food 50/50 report 2023/2024: Analysis of family-friendly workplace policies and gender equality in 51 global food system organizations. Washington, DC: Global Health 50/50; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); and UN Women. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139832

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Food Systems; Gender; Gender Equality; Policies; Women; Working Conditions; Working Hours; Parental Behaviour

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-NC-4.0

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Gender

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Hungry for gender equality: Global food 50/50 2022 report: A review of the gender-and-equity-related policies and practices of 51 organizations active in the global food system

2022Global Health 50/50; International Food Policy Research Institute; UN Women; Tanaka, Sonja; Malapit, Hazel J.; Njuki, Jemimah
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Hungry for gender equality: Global food 50/50 2022 report: A review of the gender-and-equity-related policies and practices of 51 organizations active in the global food system

The second annual Global Food 50/50 Report, a joint initiative of Global Health 50/50, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and UN Women, reviews the gender- and equity-related policies and practices of 51 global food system organizations. The report highlights the progress, or lack thereof, made by food organizations in promoting diversity and equality in their leadership and decision-making. In addition to the annual leadership analysis, this year’s report assesses the board members of governing bodies, finding gender inequalities in board representation and dominance by nationals from high-income countries.

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2022

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Global Health 50/50; International Food Policy Research Institute; UN Women; Tanaka, Sonja; Malapit, Hazel J.; Njuki, Jemimah

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Global Health 50/50; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); and UN Women. 2022. Hungry for gender equality: Global food 50/50 2022 report: A review of the gender-and-equity-related policies and practices of 51 organizations active in the global food system. Washington, DC: Global Health 50/50; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); and UN Women. https://doi.org/10.56649/WIQE2012.

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Nutrition Security; Gender; Gender Equality; Health; Food Access; International Organizations; Nutrition; Food Security; Organization; Gender Analysis; Climate Change

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.56649/wiqe2012 Source record

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