November 09, 2016 By: Fatma Mahfouz, IFPRI Egypt Share URL In the recent Committee on World Food Security (CFS-43) a collaborative side event under the title “Data for Policy and Investment Decisions: Lessons from recent efforts in data management for improved food security” funded by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets (CGIAR-PIM) and the Food and Agriculture […]
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Youth Employment Programs in Egypt: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
October 31, 2016 By: Ghada Barsoum, PhD - Public Policy and Administration Department - The American University in Cairo (AUC) Share URL It is not commonly known that Egypt has myriad set of models and players in the field of youth employment programs. Some of these models actually stand for their innovative approaches, sustainability and institutionalized designs. […]
From Urban Agriculture to City Region Food Systems
October 06, 2016 By: Joe Nasr, Associate, Centre for Studies in Food Security, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada Share URL Ancient cities were established, organically, where food production and distribution systems were sustainable. Much later, when the discipline of urban planning first started to emerge, it had a strong interest in food systems as they connect to cities and […]
Building datasets as the basis for sound policy making in Egypt: the case of CAPMAS-IFPRI collaboration
September 15, 2016 By: Perrihan Al-Riffai, Sr. Research Analyst, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI. Share URL Many people in Egypt these days think about the best ways for getting the economy back on track, how to create jobs and how to cushion the inevitable side-effects of the exchange rate devaluation, value added taxes, subsidies and […]
Lessons Learned and a Look in to the Future
August 13, 2016 By: Adel Beshai Professor of Economics and Director of Graduate Studies at the American University in Cairo (AUC) Share URL The following thoughts from Dr. Adel Beshai were collected through an interview earlier this year My interest in agriculture rose just over 40 years ago when in 1974 I was assistant to the […]
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