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Cairo Launch of IFPRI’s 2016 Global Food Policy Report

Conrad Hotel

1191 Nile Corniche

Cairo, Egypt

May 10, 2016

  • 7:00 – 8:30 pm (Africa/Cairo)
  • 1:00 – 2:30 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 10:30 – 12:00 am (Asia/Kolkata)
Jacinto Fabiosa, USAID; Magued Osman, Baseera; Sherine Al-Shawarby, Cairo University; Clemens Breisinger, IFPRI Egypt; Dorte Verner,

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Panelists:

  • Sherine Al-Shawarby, Professor and Vice Dean for Community Affairs and Environment Development, Faculty of Economics and Political Science / Cairo University
  • Jacinto Fabiosa, Leader of the Trade and Investment Team, USAID/Egypt
  • Magued Osman, CEO, The Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research (Baseera) & Editor and Lead Author of 2016 Egypt Human Development Report (HDR)
  • Dorte Verner, Lead Agriculture Economist, World Bank

Moderator:

2016 Global Food Policy Report reviews major trends, events, and changes affecting food security and nutrition in 2015 and beyond. The year 2015 was a watershed moment for the international development community. The endpoint of the Millennium Development Goals highlighted the striking advances made since 1990: extreme poverty, child mortality, and hunger all fell by around half. However, enormous challenges remain. 

*Lunch is provided

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