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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.

Timothy Thomas

Timothy Thomas is a Senior Research Fellow in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit. His research focuses on the impact of climate change on agricultural productivity. Tim’s work involves developing innovative methods for simulated climate futures and model coordination between climate, crop, water, energy, and economics.

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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.

Effects of COVID on poverty can be limited by balancing economic shutdown: Experts (Bangladesh Post) 

October 05, 2020


Bangladesh Post published an article on how the health pandemic is affecting the economy and resulting poverty according to experts at the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) conference. Senior Research Fellow Xiaobo Zhang presented a paper, “COVID-19 effects on SMEs in China,” discussed the conditions, productivity, optimism, and distribution of labor in Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).


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