Proceedings: “AIDA Launch Event, Feb 24, 2021”

Virtual Launch Event at IFAD Innovation Talks
February 24th, 2021
13:30-15:00 (Rome, Italy)

Agricultural Investment Data Analyzer (AIDA)

Guiding Agricultural Investments for Higher Impact

Egypt Online AIDA

Jordan Online AIDA

Tunisia Online AIDA

Yemen Online AIDA

AIDA tools are available in English and Arabic

Project Publications

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COVID-19 is accelerating the use of digital technology and tools around the world. This trend also provides an opportunity to make complex investment analysis tools more user-friendly and ultimately to promote more evidence-based decision-making among governments. The Agricultural Investment Data Analyzer (AIDA) is the first online tool that uses an economy-wide model to assess the impact of agricultural investments on economic growth, job creation, and household welfare.

AIDA is innovative and easy to use — government officials, analysts, researchers, and investors design a package of investments and AIDA reports how the choices affect a country’s economy and population. As such, AIDA will help governments, donors, and other partners to take agricultural investment decisions and to strengthen policy dialogues. This high-level event launched AIDA for a set of four countries: Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, and Yemen. The event took place as part of the inauguration of the new IFAD Innovation Talks, a platform aiming to advance innovation through mutual learning and partnerships.

A summary blog of this event is posted in English and in Arabic.

More project details can be accessed here.

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AGENDA & SLIDES

WELCOME ADDRESSES

13:30 – 13:45 (Rome, Italy)

Meike Van Ginneken
Associate Vice-President
Strategy and Knowledge Department, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Dina Saleh
Regional Director
Near East, North Africa, Europe, and Central Asia Division, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Channing Arndt
Director
Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Martien Van Nieuwkoop
Global Director for Agriculture and Food
World Bank Group

LAUNCH OF AIDA: MODELING WITHOUT A MODEL

13:45 – 14:00 (Rome, Italy)

James Thurlow
Senior Research Fellow
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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AIDA-BASED INVESTMENT ANALYSIS AT THE COUNTRY LEVEL: PANEL DISCUSSION

14:00 – 14:30 (Rome, Italy)

Moderator

Thoodan Al-Eryani
Programme Analyst
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Panelists

Mohamed El-Kersh
Assistant to the Minister
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MoALR), Egypt

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Zouhair El Kadhi
International Macro-Fiscal Advisor and Former Director
Tunisian Institute of Competitiveness and Quantitative Studies (ITCEQ)

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Athur Mabiso
Senior Technical Specialist (Economist)
Research and Impact Division, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Christian Derlagen
Project Manager & Senior Economist
Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

LIVE Q&A

14:30 – 14:50 (Rome, Italy)

CLOSING REMARKS AND NEXT STEPS

14:50 – 15:00 (Rome, Italy)

Clemens Breisinger
MENA Program Leader and Senior Research Fellow
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Donal Brown
Associate Vice-President
Programme Management Department, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

MODERATOR

Gladys H. Morales Guevara
Senior Innovation Consultant
Change, Delivery and Innovation Unit, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Workshop: CGE Modelling and the Formulation of Agricultural Policy in Egypt

Workshop: Building Tools for Evidence-Based Decision Making in Jordan: AIDA and the Regional Integration Assessment System of Indexes

Special Event: “Digital Tools for Better Rural Investments: The Agricultural Investment Data Analyzer”

Training: Joint IFPRI-ITCEQ SAM Construction for Tunisia

"Prioritizing Investments to Drive Agricultural Transformation in Egypt"

"New Modeling Toolkit Aids Development Planners in Mena Countries"

"Prioritizing Rural Investments in MENA Based on Evidence: The Arab (Agricultural) Investment for Development Analyzer (AIDA)"

"Building the First Regional Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Egypt 2014/2015"

"Data for Policy and Investment Decisions: Lessons from Recent Efforts in Data Management for Improved Food Security"