January 14, 2014 Cross-posted from IFPRI Website On 16 January, Ambassadors and representatives from Arab countries, researchers, and development partners will gather in Rome, Italy to discuss how the Arab region can work to reduce the impact of crises like conflict, natural disasters and global spikes in food prices, especially on the rural poor.Organized by the […]
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Reactivating Yemen’s National Food Security Strategy
October 03, 2013 By: IFPRI Although the level of food insecurity in Yemen is alarming, it is also declining. In 2011, Yemen was among the bottom 10 countries of the world in terms of food security, but by the end of 2012, food security levels had almost reached pre-crisis levels, according to research presented at a […]
Arab Spatial’s First Six Months
August 23, 2013 By: IFPRI Cross-posted from IFPRI website IFPRI Senior Research Analyst Perrihan Al-Riffai discusses the progress and promise of Arab Spatial, an open-access database and interactive mapping tool she helped design that houses and geographically displays data on more than 150 indicators of development in the Middle East and North Africa. Q: What makes Arab Spatial unique? A: It’s […]
A User’s Experience with Arab Spatial
March 05, 2013 By: Sarah Immenschuh Brawner Cross-posted from IFPRI Website Shahira Emara, GDNet Knowledge Services Manager in the Global Development Network’s Cairo office, shared her thoughts on the new Arab Spatial tool. How is Arab Spatial beneficial for the Middle East and North Africa region? It’s one platform that brings many sorts of data together in […]
Will Food Security Follow the Arab Spring?
November 10, 2012 By: IFPRI Experts at recent IFPRI Policy Seminar examine challenges ahead In the aftermath of the “Arab Spring”—a series of demonstrations, protests, and wars that swept through the Arab world during 2010-2011 and toppled several governments in the region—many researchers identified rising food prices and the resulting food insecurity as underlying causes. Yet […]
