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Erick Boy

Erick Boy

Erick Boy is the Chief Nutritionist in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. As head of nutrition for the HarvestPlus Program since 2008, he has led research that has generated scientific evidence on biofortified staple crops as efficacious and effective interventions to help address iron, vitamin A, and zinc deficiency in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and South Asia.

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What to do when markets and governments fail poor people

DC

1201 Eye St. NW

12th Floor Conference Center

Washington, United States

September 13, 2017

  • 12:15 – 1:15 pm (America/New_York)
  • 6:15 – 7:15 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 9:45 – 10:45 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI Staff Retreat: Keynote Address (Day 2)

How to overcome market failures was once the key question underlying development research. A primary conclusion of this research was that governments had to step in to resolve these market failures, for example by providing free public services or protecting infant industries. However, many of these interventions have themselves failed the poor people they were intended to help.

At the recent IFPRI Staff Retreat Research Day, Shanta Devarajan, Senior Director for Development Economics at The World Bank, discussed these complex issues in a keynote address and outlined several key directions for future development research.

See the blog post here.