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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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IFPRI currently has more than 480 employees working in over 70 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

[GangMoon Sung’s economic magnification] ‘Best student’ why ‘diagnosis of growth’ is needed in Korea (Korean Economic Magazine)

January 29, 2020


Korean Economic Magazine published an article on structural change and economic growth. The article references the findings in the book Structural Change, Fundamentals and Growth coedited by IFPRI Research Fellow Margaret McMillan, Dani Rodrik, and Claudia Sepulveda. According to the book, investment in the basic conditions highlighted by the endogenous growth theory of macroeconomics and the structural changes that are important to development economics is key to achieving sustainable economic growth. 

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