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Ahmed Akhter

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Akhter Ahmed is a Senior Research Fellow in the IFPRI’s Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit and Country Representative for IFPRI Bangladesh. He has worked on strategies for agricultural and rural development, social protection, and women’s empowerment to reduce poverty, food insecurity, and undernutrition in developing countries including Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Malawi, the Philippines, and Turkey.

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Grocery prices are poised to come down, but not until after the holidays (CBS News) 

November 17, 2022


CBS News Chicago interviewed Rob Vos, Director of IFPRI’s Markets, Trade, and Institutions division for an episode investigating how supply chain problems, COVID concerns, and inflation affect grocery prices in the US.

“Price on the international markets have been dropping over the past few months. Now they’re coming down in part because of the better prospect of harvest, but also because a lot of countries imposed export bans on food exports,” said Vos. 

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