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Lina Alaaeldin Abdelfattah

Lina Alaaeldin Abdelfattah is a Senior Research Associate in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Cairo. Her research interests include applied economic development, trade, and spatial economics, with a focus on topics relevant to social protection, food, nutrition, and agriculture in the Middle East and Africa. 

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Declare robust timetable for action on subsidies

November 13, 2015


A letter to the editor signed by Shenggen Fan, Jeffrey Sachs, and other economists appeared in the Financial Times on Nov. 12 calling on world leaders to take urgent action to cut fossil fuel subsidies ahead of next week’s G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey. “Despite pledging in 2009 to phase out these subsidies, new research by the Overseas Development Institute and Oil Change International, shows that G20 governments are pumping $452bn annually into the exploration for and production of fossil fuels,” the letter said.

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