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Who we are

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.

Green Swan 2023

Getting Real with Tech and the Transition
Co-Organized by the Bank for International Settlements, the Central Bank of Chile, the Network for Greening the Financial System, and the South African Reserve Bank

May 31, 2023

  • 1:00 – 3:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 7:00 – 9:00 am (US/Eastern)
  • 4:30 – 6:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating in the 2023 Green Swan Conference. This virtual conference is co-organized by the Bank for International Settlements, the Central Bank of Chile, the Network for Greening the Financial System, and the South African Reserve Bank.

The third edition of the Green Swan Conference brings together a wide range of high-calibre policymakers, experts, and practitioners from different sectors to discuss in more detail climate transition and the real economy. This conference will focuses on new technologies and scaling up already feasible solutions, and the macroeconomic implications of the transition.

Day 1 – Session 1: Deploying feasible solutions at speed and scale (May 31, 2023 | 1:00 pm – 3:00pm CEST)

  • James Thurlow, Director, Foresight and Policy Modeling (FPM), IFPRI