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Ahmed Akhter

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Akhter Ahmed

Akhter Ahmed is a Senior Research Fellow in the IFPRI’s Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit and Country Representative for IFPRI Bangladesh. He has worked on strategies for agricultural and rural development, social protection, and women’s empowerment to reduce poverty, food insecurity, and undernutrition in developing countries including Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Malawi, the Philippines, and Turkey.

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2019 ECAMA Research Symposium: Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Development – Envisioning Wealth for All

Co-Organized by the National Planning Commission (NPC), Malawi Strategy Support Program of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Malawi (UNIMA), the Government of Malawi, and the European Union (EU)

BICC Hotel

Lilongwe, Malawi

September 18 to 19, 2019

  • 8:30 – 7:00 pm (Africa/Blantyre)
  • 2:30 – 1:00 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 12:00 – 10:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)
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The Economics Association of Malawi (ECAMA), in collaboration with the National Planning Commission (NPC), Malawi Strategy Support Program of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Malawi (UNIMA), the Government of Malawi, and the European Union (EU) have organized a third joint research symposium.

It will bring together local and international researchers, policy analysts, and students to engage under this year’s theme: Inclusive and sustainable economic development – Envisioning wealth for all. 

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