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The 2019 Global Food Policy Report was covered in an article in Rwanda’s The New Times. Rwanda’s Prime Minister, Edouard Ngirente, said that the report details evidenced-based facts, the urgency of rural revitalization in order to address the crisis of food insecurity in rural areas. He also stated, “We strongly believe that this report will contribute […]

Devex published an article on an IFPRI impact evaluation on cash transfers, Responding to conflict: Does “Cash Plus” work for preventing malnutrition? New evidence from an impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition Program. The article reports on the unique circumstances IFPRI researchers found themselves in to conduct a randomized trial within a conflict setting, typically an […]

Sikandra Kurdi, associate research fellow and Olivier Ecker, senior research fellow published an op-ed with the Thomson Reuters Foundation providing evidence that cash transfers can reduce conflict-driven malnutrition in Yemen.

Ghada Wali, Egypt’s Minister of Social Solidarity discussed the Takaful cash transfer program in an article in Al-Usbu.  She stated that IFPRI’s impact assessment of the Takaful program on beneficiary households showed that the consumption by beneficiaries increased by 8.4% compared to non-supported households. 

The Ethiopian News Agency reported on the 2019 Global Food Policy Report launch in Addis Ababa. IFPRI director general, Shenggen Fan was quoted, “A systemwide transformation is needed to revitalize rural areas not only to achieve sustainable development goals but more broadly to make rural areas vibrant and healthy places to live and work.”

Washington, D.C. – Cash transfer programs that provide households support for purchasing food have effectively reduced conflict-driven acute malnutrition in Yemen, according to new research from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Spiking acute malnutrition among children has become a focal point of global attention on the humanitarian impact of the war in Yemen. […]

Channing Arndt discusses the impact global climate change mitigation would have on the economies of poorer countries on SABC's "Channel Africa."

April 29, 2019, Washington, D.C. – Successful global efforts to substantially limit greenhouse gas emissions would likely boost GDP growth of poorer countries over the next 30 years, according to new research published in Climatic Change. Researchers examined the impact global climate change mitigation would have on the economies of poorer countries – specifically Malawi, […]

Bangladesh’s The Financial Express covers the 2019 Global Food Policy Report launch in Dhaka, noting how discussion spotlighted the need to close the persistent rural-urban development gap with innovative development programmes that address rural needs.

Jef Leroy published an op-ed with Devex arguing that misunderstandings about when stunting is the right outcome to address may be creating too narrow a focus for improving nutrition that limits potential impact and discounts other, often more important, benefits of nutrition programs.