Ending famines and chronic hunger requires good governance
Lessons from Bangladesh and Ethiopia on how to build reslience into food systems.
Harnessing information to improve public services for the rural poor: What are the possibilities, and what are the limits?
An IFPRI workshop examines ways in which (and sometimes whether) provisioning information to the public can result in more responsive governments.
Piecing together the puzzle of underinvestment in agriculture
Two papers show how political circumstances and institutional prerogatives limit public spending.
Making politics work to meet the SDGs
Is politics an obstacle or a means to achieving the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals? At a recent IFPRI event, “Making Politics Work to Meet the SDGs,” Senior World Bank Economist Stuti Khemani argued that politics may be flawed, but paying…
Colombia embraces new approach to reduce emissions from agriculture, sustain food security
A new paper outlines how modeling can help countries devise policies to minimize carbon emissions while optimizing agricultural production.
Promoting strategic agricultural public spending in Nigeria
In 2015, the World Bank awarded a $100 million grant to Nigeria for the implementation of a public expenditure action plan to reform the country’s agricultural sector. The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Finance drew heavily from IFPRI’s research during…
IFPRI in Cairo: Research to raise incomes and improve food and nutrition security
Flying into Cairo, the first thing you notice is the size. Three and a half times more populous than Paris, the city is a sprawling landscape of nearly identical, dusty brown apartment buildings as far as the eye can see—or as far as a curious…
Launch of New Seminar Series on Strengthening Institutions and Governance
IFPRI’s new strategy features Strengthening Institutions and Governance as one of six key research areas and emphasizes the cross-divisional nature of this important topic. In order to enhance awareness of ongoing work in this area, a Strengthening…
IFPRI-World Bank Gender and Governance Book
Agricultural development and poverty reduction depend on the effective delivery of public services to farmers and the rural poor. However, the efficient and regular delivery of public services to the poor in rural areas is hindered by far-reaching…
Toward a New Global Governance System for Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition
Commentary Toward a New Global Governance System for Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition What Are the Options? The current world food and agricultural policy system is in disarray. For some time, we have observed the symptoms of this disarray with…