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Akhbarelyom.com published an article that stated IFPRI’s findings on how Egypt fared during the pandemic. IFPRI confirmed that some economies and sectors are recovering at a faster rate based on the adopted national policies, explaining that the stimulus package, which amounted to 100 billion in Egypt, limited the decline in GDP in the period from April to June 2020 from […]

Akhbarelyom.com published an article on the latest news from the government of Egypt as it relates to the economy. The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development and IFPRI-Egypt are working together to enhance evidence-based policymaking. One result of this cooperation was an issuing of a policy note on the impact of the Corona crisis on the Egyptian economy during the […]

Dostor published an article that stated that the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development participated in preparing the chapter on the Middle East and North Africa in the 2021 Global Food Policy Report, which is issued by IFPRI. The chapter deals with the effects of the Coronavirus on agricultural food systems and household incomes in Egypt, Jordan, and Sudan. […]

Lao Dong (Viet Nam) published an article stating that it has been one year since IFPRI first issued the warning “COVID-19 could lead to a food security crisis if appropriate measures are not taken.” IFPRI believes that poverty in sub-Saharan Africa is likely to increase by 15 percent in rural areas and by 44 percent in urban areas […]

MSN (Singapore) published an article stating that food insecurity and its impacts have been exacerbated in part by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study from the UN. Markets, Trade, and Institutions division director Rob Vos said, “[The pandemic] is a compounding factor that has seriously worsened the crisis in Syria and other countries.” Reach 42M) Republished in MSN […]

6060 News published an overview history of IFPRI as part of its coverage of the 2021 Global Food Policy Report.

Al-Sharorouk News published a blurb on the 2021 GFPR. The information stated that the 2021 Global Food Policy Report revealed that the size of the disruptions resulting from the Corona pandemic differed between economies in the Middle East and North Africa region, as agri-food systems showed relative flexibility in the Middle East region, where the percentage of decline in agricultural […]

The Nation (Malawi) published an article quoting an IFPRI study, Malawi’s slowly changing employment landscape and its implications for youth is characterized by a scarcity of jobs outside agriculture and insufficient work hours within agriculture. Using three rounds of the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) done by IFPRI, the study has since tipped government to design programs and incentives to supply […]

Unimondo (Italy) published a UN report on how after a year of the pandemic has set global efforts to end hunger and poverty back decades, thus pushing away the sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda. In this dossier, we report some data provided by international organizations, a survey that involved thousands of families in difficulty, an appeal […]

Business AM (the Netherlands) published a report on new findings from Lancaster University and IFPRI. The study, Institutional mistrust and child vaccination coverage in Africa (co-authored by Kalle Hirvonen) published in the professional journal BMJ Global Health, shows that mistrust in local authorities, government, courts, or the electoral system play an important role in whether or not parents have their […]