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Paul A. Dorosh is a Research Fellow Emeritus in the Director General’s Office. He was previously the Division Director of IFPRI’s Development Strategy and Governance Unit from April 2011 until October 2024. Before that, his previous positions include IFPRI Senior Research Fellow and Program Leader of the Ethiopia Strategy Support Program in Addis Ababa (2008-2010), Senior Economist at the World Bank (2003-2008), senior research fellow with IFPRI in Dhaka, Bangladesh (1997-2001) and Associate Professor at Cornell University (1994-97). He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economics from the Food Research Institute, Stanford University and a B.A. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University, and has published research on agricultural markets, food policy, international trade, economy-wide modeling and the rural-urban transformation.

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War and resilience: The multifaceted impacts of Sudan’s conflict and pathways to recovery

2026Siddig, Khalid; Kirui, Oliver K.; Dorosh, Paul A.
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War and resilience: The multifaceted impacts of Sudan’s conflict and pathways to recovery

Sudan is facing one of the most severe humanitarian and economic crises in its modern history. The current civil war has displaced millions and severely damaged livelihoods, markets, and institutions, causing a rapid deterioration in the economy, agrifood systems, and population welfare. War and Resilience: The Multifaceted Impacts of Sudan’s Conflict and Pathways to Recovery situates the current conflict within Sudan’s longer historical trajectory, explaining how structural factors contributed to the war’s progression and scale. Drawing on recent household and enterprise surveys, satellite indicators, market price data, and economywide modeling, the book documents the crisis’s impacts and identifies realistic entry points for stabilization and recovery. Written by leading IFPRI researchers and colleagues, War and Resilience highlights how Sudan’s population has shown remarkable resilience through social networks, remittances, informal support systems, and adaptation across rural and urban settings. Its final chapters offer decision-makers a forward-looking assessment of pathways toward recovery.

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2026

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Siddig, Khalid; Kirui, Oliver K.; Dorosh, Paul A.

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Siddig, Khalid; Kirui, Oliver K.; and Dorosh, Paul A. 2026. War and resilience: The multifaceted impacts of Sudan’s conflict and pathways to recovery. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179201

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Sudan

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Africa; Northern Africa; Resilience; Conflicts; War; Armed Conflicts; Livelihoods; Civil Conflict

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Introduction [in War and resilience: The multifaceted impacts of Sudan’s conflict and pathways to recovery]

2026Siddig, Khalid; Kirui, Oliver K.; Dorosh, Paul A.
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Introduction [in War and resilience: The multifaceted impacts of Sudan’s conflict and pathways to recovery]

Sudan is experiencing one of the most severe humanitarian and economic crises in its modern history due to the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The war has devastated livelihoods, displaced millions, and significantly weakened the country’s agrifood system and broader economic structure. Since the conflict erupted in April 2023, it has escalated into the world’s largest displacement crisis, with nearly 12 million people—nearly one-third of Sudan’s population-forced to flee their homes, including 4.5 million refugees who have sought safety in neighboring countries, including Egypt, Chad, South Sudan, and Ethiopia.

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2026

Authors

Siddig, Khalid; Kirui, Oliver K.; Dorosh, Paul A.

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Siddig, Khalid; Kirui, Oliver K.; and Dorosh, Paul A. 2026. Introduction. In War and Resilience: The Multifaceted Impacts of Sudan’s Conflict and Pathways to Recovery, eds. Khalid Siddig, Oliver K. Kirui, and Paul Dorosh. Section One: Origins and Dynamics of the Conflict, Chapter 1, Pp. 3-18. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/182363

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Sudan

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Africa; Northern Africa; Resilience; Conflicts; War; Armed Conflicts; Livelihoods; Civil Conflict

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Cereal production, markets, and policy in Sudan

2026Dorosh, Paul A.; Kirui, Oliver K.; Siddig, Khalid
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Cereal production, markets, and policy in Sudan

Cereal production has long been a cornerstone of Sudan’s food security and economy, especially wheat, sorghum, and millet. Given the importance of these staples, policy related to imports and prices of wheat (and sorghum, to a lesser extent) has major effects on food production and consumption. In particular, before 2023, government interventions in wheat markets involved huge implicit—and sometimes explicit—fiscal costs, including interventions on large food aid inflows, official sales prices, direct controls on commercial imports, and subsidies on wheat milling (D’Silva and Badawi 1988; Faki and Taha 2009; Abdelaziz et al. 2022). These policies have generally benefited urban consumers at the expense of rural producers and have not always been well-targeted to the poor (Resnick 2021; Resnick 2026, Chapter 3 in this volume).

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2026

Authors

Dorosh, Paul A.; Kirui, Oliver K.; Siddig, Khalid

Citation

Dorosh, Paul A.; Kirui, Oliver K.; and Siddig, Khalid. 2026. Cereal production, markets, and policy in Sudan. In War and Resilience: The Multifaceted Impacts of Sudan’s Conflict and Pathways to Recovery, eds. Khalid Siddig, Oliver K. Kirui, and Paul Dorosh. Section Two: Economic, Social, and Humanitarian Impacts, Chapter 5, Pp. 89-116. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/182367

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Sudan

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Africa; Northern Africa; Cereals; Crop Production; Markets; Policies; Prices; Trade

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Events

Three Years of Conflict: What the Evidence Tells Us and What Recovery Requires
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April 14 to 15, 2026

Three Years of Conflict: What the Evidence Tells Us and What Recovery Requires

April 2026 marks three years since the outbreak of the conflict in Sudan, which has severely disrupted economic activity, food systems, and social services. More than half of the country’s population is in need of assistance, and communities, markets, and institutions are under unprecedented pressure.

Two Years of Crisis: Impact and Pathways to Recovery and Resilience
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April 14 to 15, 2025

Two Years of Crisis: Impact and Pathways to Recovery and Resilience

The Sudan conflict, now entering its third year, continues to devastate the country’s socioeconomic fabric. As of January 2025, more than 8.8 million people were internally displaced, and over 3.3 million had sought refuge in neighboring countries. Conservative reports estimate over 32,000 fatalities occurred between the start of the war on April 15, 2023, and […]

Navigating Sudan’s Conflict: Research Insights and Policy Implications
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March 5, 2024, 12:00 – 9:00 pm

Navigating Sudan’s Conflict: Research Insights and Policy Implications

Hybrid Event: March 5, 2024 at 8:00am-6:00pm EAT / 12:00am – 10:00am EST. IFPRI and UNDP have partnered for this event on wide-ranging and in-depth analysis to better understand the socioeconomic impact of the war in Sudan, and to inform policy and programmatic recommendations.

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April 14, 2026 | Press Release

New IFPRI book documents the impacts of Sudan’s conflict and identifies evidence‑based pathways to recovery

The book is being launched today in Cairo on the opening day of the conference “Three Years of Conflict: What the Evidence Tells Us and What Recovery Requires.”

October 07, 2024 | Press Release

Steven Were Omamo joins IFPRI as the new Director of the Development Strategies and Governance Unit

IFPRI is pleased to announce that Steven Were Omamo joins IFPRI as the new Director of the DSG Unit.

April 13, 2022 | In the News

Russia-Ukraine conflict is driving up wheat prices: this could fuel instability in Sudan (The Conversation)

The Conversation published an op-ed by senior research fellows Clemens Breisinger, David Laborde, Joseph Glauber, Paul Dorosh, and research fellow Oliver Kiptoo Kurui. In the op-ed, the authors write that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has disrupted agricultural production and trade from one of the world’s major food exporting regions. The war threatens to drive rising […]

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