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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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Inequality rises despite decline in poverty’ (The Daily Star)

December 02, 2021


The Daily Star (Bangladesh) reported on Senior Fellow Emeritus Nurul Islam‘s keynote speech at the inaugural of the “Annual BIDS Conference on Development.” Although Bangladesh has been able to cut the rate of poverty in its 50 years of journey, inequality has increased. “Poverty has reduced in Bangladesh, all the statistics have proved it, but inequality has increased.” 

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