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Researcher James Thurlow discusses whether Africa can meet employment demand from its working-age population.
 

Vanguard  (Nigeria) reported on fears of a long global recession brought on by COVID-19 have also led to worries about unprecedented global food insecurity, with concerns that agricultural production may be dislocated by containment measures that constrain workers from planting, managing and harvesting critical crops. IFPRI states in the article, about 37 countries have enacted various forms […]

Solidaridad (the Netherlands) published an article on the global food supply and dangers ahead due to the coronavirus. The local and international chains are under pressure. Small cocoa, fruit and coffee farmers cannot get rid of their products. These groups are extremely vulnerable due to extreme poverty and a lack of proper health care and nutrition. According to […]

East Money (China) published an article on panic purchasing during the COVID-19 epidemic. The article discussed the launch of the “Global Food Policy Report 2020.”The Report points out that the rapid spread of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic in the world and the subsequent response measures have caused people to worry about the intensification of food […]

Reuters published an op-ed by IFPRI Director General Johan Swinnen. Swinnen writes, “As the world battles the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the social and economic disruption it is generating, concern about the impact it will have on food systems is growing. With many countries closing borders and shuttering economic activities to slow the spread of COVID-19, the […]

Dunyabluteni.net (Turkey) published an article on where the poor might stand after the COVID-19 moves from country to county. In the IFPRI blogpost, How much will global poverty increase because of COVID-19, Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division Director Rob Vos and Senior Research Fellows Will Martin and David Laborde estimate that any 1% contraction in the global economy will increase the number of the poor and, […]

MSN.com (Berita – Jakarta, Indonesia) reported on the rice crop for year 2020 and 2021. Experts are concerned about the status of the rice supply given COVID-19. International institutions such as IFPRI and FAO  warned that there could be an increase in global rice prices and that the rice value chain could be disrupted by the Covid-19 outbreak. Also […]

Africa Report published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Danielle Resnick. Resnick writes, “Much of the region’s urban population works in the informal sector – many in wet markets and as street vendors – and depends on it for food, so lockdowns and other social distancing measures could pose major problems both for consumers and workers.  How food traders […]

In-Depth News published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Clemens Breisinger et al., on how travel restrictions and the full or partial closure of businesses and industries have led to a collapse in global travel and are expected to reduce the flows of remittances. Tourism and remittances are important sources of employment and incomes for the poor, respectively. The authors […]

Middle East Eye published an article on what to expect for Middle East countries economically after COVID-19. Senior Research Fellow Clemens Breisinger stated that Egypt is expected to suffer lost revenues this year, particularly from tourism, which generated $12.6bn (4.2 percent of GDP) in 2018-19, and from the Suez Canal of $5.7bn (1.9 percent of GDP). But these are dwarfed […]