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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.

Ahmed Akhter

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

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

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Sushant Mukherjee

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Sushant Mukherjee is the Director of Finance and Administration. Before joining IFPRI, Sushant led the Financial Analysis and Planning team at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, where he oversaw the financial management of donor-funded projects. During his tenure there, he also published research on the economic impact of HIV service delivery and served as the head of the Foundation’s country office in Rwanda. Previously, he worked at the United Nations World Food Programme in Nepal and the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Sushant holds an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA in International Relations from Yale University.

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