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Lilia Bliznashka

Lily Bliznashka is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Her research focuses on assessing the effectiveness of multi-input nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions and the mechanisms through which they work to improve maternal and child health and nutrition globally. She has worked in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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Third Annual Takaful & Karama Conference

From Social Protection to Production

Four Seasons Nile Plaza Hotel

1089 Corniche El Nil

Cairo, Egypt

November 22, 2018

  • 9:30 – 2:00 pm (Africa/Cairo)
  • 2:30 – 7:00 am (US/Eastern)
  • 1:00 – 5:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI research was highlighted at the recent Takaful & Karama Conference in Cairo, Egypt attended by several high-level policy makers including the Prime Minister, Minister of Social Solidarity, Minister of International Cooperation, Minister of Education, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, Minister of Tourism, and a representative from the Ministry of Health.

 

The Minister of Social Solidarity presented findings from IFPRI’s policy briefs on “Egypt’s Takaful and Karama cash transfer program: Evaluation of program impacts and recommendations” and higlighted IFPRI’s findings on the positive impacts of TKP on consumption, spending on food, poverty and children’s health. 

 

Panelists also referenced IFPRI’s evaluation results and recommendations from the policy brief were followed up on during the event.

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