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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

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Eliot Jones-Garcia

Eliot Jones-Garcia is a Senior Research Analyst with the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit based in Washington, DC. His research focuses on human-AI interaction, user-centered design, and the ethical and responsible development of AI. Eliot is currently finalizing a PhD on the digitalization of agricultural advisory services at Wageningen University & Research.

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The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), formerly the Department for International Development (DfID), is dedicated to ending extreme poverty within developing countries. FCDO works to solve today’s most difficult global challenges such as poverty and disease, mass migration, insecurity and conflict. FCDO’s projects on sustainable agriculture deliver outputs that are efficient and responsive to national contexts.

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Projects

Private sector-led digital agricultural extension for smallholder farmers: impact evaluation and learning study in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

Private sector-led digital agricultural extension for smallholder farmers: impact evaluation and learning study in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

IFPRI, in partnership with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Research Commissioning Centre (RCC) and GSMA, is leading an impact evaluation study and supporting……

Generative AI for Agriculture (GAIA) – Phase I & II

Generative AI for Agriculture (GAIA) – Phase I & II

Traditional agricultural advisory services face significant limitations in reaching smallholder farmers with timely, accurate information. Advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) show potential for empowering……

Supporting ReSAKSS and CAADP

Supporting ReSAKSS and CAADP

From 2006 to 2020, IFPRI facilitated the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) to support the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development……

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A 2020-21 Social Accounting Matrix for Pakistan with a Related Water Resources Module

2025Davies, Stephen; Akram, Iqra; Ali, Muhammad Tahir; Hafeez, Mohsin
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A 2020-21 Social Accounting Matrix for Pakistan with a Related Water Resources Module

This paper presents the methodological framework and data sources for a national-level Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Pakistan, with an associated hydrological data set. The aim of the paper is to provide a systematic guide to the data requirements necessary to construct a national SAM for Pakistan, and to present the main results from this exercise. We base the development of this SAM on existing SAM frameworks to update the Pakistan national SAM from 2013–14, tying often to the structure of Nexus SAMs developed by IFPRI under its NEXUS Program (see https://www.ifpri.org/project/nexus-project/). However, the estimation of accounts differs in many cases, and the balancing techniques vary as well. The hydrology data is updated using data compiled from sources which include the recent tube-well census in Punjab, surface water flow data, meteorological data, water storage levels and capacity, water efficiency and climate data. The hydrology data is mainly used to update IFPRI’s Computable General Equilibrium- Water (CGE-W) model.

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2025

Authors

Davies, Stephen; Akram, Iqra; Ali, Muhammad Tahir; Hafeez, Mohsin

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Davies, Stephen; Akram, Iqra; Ali, Muhammad Tahir; Hafeez, Mohsin. 2025. A 2020-21 Social Accounting Matrix for Pakistan with a Related Water Resources Module. Data Paper. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177384.

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Pakistan

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Asia; Southern Asia; Social Accounting Matrix; Household Consumption; Household Expenditure; Economic Indicators; Agrifood Systems; Taxes; Labour

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Foresight

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Gendered work norms in Egypt: Evidence on preferences and social perceptions

2025Allen IV, James; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Kurdi, Sikandra; Shokry, Nada; Yassa, Basma
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Gendered work norms in Egypt: Evidence on preferences and social perceptions

We examine the nature and scope of gendered work norms in Egypt using new experimental evidence from a household survey. Societal norms around work, care responsibilities and the types of jobs women and men can hold can have a profound effect on gender differences in employment, earnings and life satisfaction. Indeed, while lack of childcare and secure transportation remain widely cited constraints to women’s employment in low-income settings, descriptive and experimental evidence also suggest that deeply rooted social norms about gender roles play a prominent role in driving the persistence of such barriers and in how households evaluate women’s work. Norms emphasizing men as primary breadwinners and women as primary caregivers shape both economic decisions and perceptions of behavior in ways that may limit women’s labor force participation even when opportunities exist. We implement three survey-based experiments among economically disadvantaged households to elucidate these norms and measure their salience. A wage‐comparison choice experiment shows that households strongly prefer that men—not women—take on additional paid work, even when this preference entails substantial forgone income for the household. When offered identical wages for equal hours of work, only 12.4 percent of respondents select the wife to take it as a first part-time job versus the husband taking it as a second part-time job. Even when her wage is double that of her husband, a clear majority still prefer that the husband works instead. These results indicate a large implicit cost that households place on women working outside the household. Two randomized vignette experiments further demonstrate that identical actions are interpreted differently depending on whether they are performed by men or women. Men who take on a second job to support their financially struggling household are widely viewed as more competent and more moral, whereas perceptions of women making the same choice are far more divided. Perceptions of workplace effort are broadly similar across genders, with small differences appearing only in perceptions of morality. Together, these findings emphasize the strength of gendered work norms in Egypt and reveal nuance in how they shape behavior. The findings also underscore the relevance of gender norms for designing programs affecting household work decisions and testing new approaches to promote women’s economic inclusion.

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2025

Authors

Allen IV, James; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Kurdi, Sikandra; Shokry, Nada; Yassa, Basma

Citation

Allen IV, James; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Kurdi, Sikandra; Shokry, Nada; and Yassa, Basma. 2025. Gendered work norms in Egypt: Evidence on preferences and social perceptions. IFPRI Project Note. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178587

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Egypt

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Africa; Northern Africa; Middle East; Gender Norms; Women; Social Structure; Labour

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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A good global investment for the United Kingdom: How investing in CGIAR reduces global poverty and benefits U.K. citizens

2025Hill, Ruth Vargas; Martin, Will; McNamara, Brian; Nia, Reza; Spielman, David J.; Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Vos, Rob
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A good global investment for the United Kingdom: How investing in CGIAR reduces global poverty and benefits U.K. citizens

CGIAR investments have delivered substantial economic benefits for the U.K. while reducing global poverty and food insecurity. CGIAR has boosted productivity on British farms, expanded export markets, and made food more affordable for British consumers. It has also helped prevent potential damage from pests and diseases that threaten U.K. farm livelihoods. CGIAR investments are likely to continue benefiting U.K. farmers in the future as the CGIAR’s provision of genetic material to the U.K. has increased over time. This paper quantifies the benefits to farmers, exporters and consumers.

Year published

2025

Authors

Hill, Ruth Vargas; Martin, Will; McNamara, Brian; Nia, Reza; Spielman, David J.; Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Vos, Rob

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Hill, Ruth; Martin, Will; McNamara, Brian; Nia, Reza; Spielman, David; Takeshima, Hiroyuki; and Vos, Rob. 2025. A good global investment for the United Kingdom: How investing in CGIAR reduces global poverty and benefits U.K. citizens. IFPRI Working Paper. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176682

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United Kingdom

Keywords

Europe; Economic Benefits; Poverty; Food Security; Farms; Exports; Consumers

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Events

Rwanda National Policy Dialogue: Building Productive Capacities for Rwanda’s Agricultural Transformation, Rural Development, and Food Security
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February 26, 2020, 8:30 – 3:30 pm

Rwanda National Policy Dialogue: Building Productive Capacities for Rwanda’s Agricultural Transformation, Rural Development, and Food Security

The Food Security Portal, in partnership with the Economic Policy Research Network Rwanda (EPRN), will hold a one-day national policy dialogue on building Rwanda’s productive capacities. The event will be a follow-on to the 6th EPRN Annual Economic Research Conference and will emphasize engaging up-and-coming members of the policy and research communities, including mid-level policy […]

Blogs

Asking the right questions: A stakeholder dialogue on generative AI in digital extension
IFPRI Blog
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October 07, 2025

Asking the right questions: A stakeholder dialogue on generative AI in digital extension

By Eliot Jones-Garcia, Kristin Davis, and Niyati Singaraju

Balancing new technology with local needs.

Grounding AI in practice: What extension gets wrong, what extension gets right, and what AI can learn
IFPRI Blog
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August 26, 2025

Grounding AI in practice: What extension gets wrong, what extension gets right, and what AI can learn

By Kristin Davis, Eliot Jones-Garcia, and Niyati Singaraju

Exploring how emerging tools can help farmers.

Egypt’s experience bridging cash transfers and an economic inclusion program for sustainable social protection
IFPRI Blog
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December 18, 2024

Egypt’s experience bridging cash transfers and an economic inclusion program for sustainable social protection

By James Allen IV, Daniel Gilligan, Sikandra Kurdi, and Basma Yassa

A path for moving out of poverty.

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