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Who we are

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.

Ahmed Akhter

Akhter Ahmed

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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What we do

Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

Where we work

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Where we work

IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

The Institute of Peruvian Studies (Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, IEP) is a social sciences research center that specializes in independent, pluralistic and interdisciplinary study of Peru and Latin America. Since its founding, the IEP has been recognized for its achievements in the field of social studies and has contributed significantly to the discussion of issues that are crucial for the country’s development. Through its research and dissemination of social studies of Peru and other Latin American countries, it seeks to contribute to equitable economic development, the strengthening of democratic institutions and recognition of the richness of cultural diversity.

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