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With research staff from more than 70 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

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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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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IFPRI currently has more than 480 employees working in over 70 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

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)

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.