An IFPRI-USAID Symposium drawing on lessons learned and looking past the pandemic Yumna Kassim and Lina Abdelfattah, IFPRI Egypt The COVID-19 pandemic has been a strong reminder of the important role that research plays in policymaking. Researchers are advising governments on effective protective measures against COVID-19, and researchers are developing vaccines in record time. As […]
NEW PUBLICATION: Impact of COVID-19 on the Jordanian economy: Economic sectors, food systems, and households
By Mariam Raouf, Dalia Elsabbagh, Manfred Wiebelt
Economic growth in Jordan potentially will come to a halt this year. This comes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Government imposed an economic lockdown which restricted non-essential economic activities and people’s movement in order to contain the virus. A SAM multiplier model was used to estimate the economic impact of the lockdown and to explore potential recovery pathways for the Jordanian economy. Some of the key findings from this modeling exercise are: [...]
NEW PUBLICATION: Fertilizer Policies and Implications for African Agriculture
Book Chapter, Annual Trends and Outlook Report 2020 By Gashaw T. Abate, Kibrom A. Abay, and David Spielman Agricultural productivity growth has long been recognized as an important instrument to reduce poverty, generate nonfarm employment, and hence trigger structural transformation processes (see, for example, Timmer 1997; Fan, Hazell, Thorat 1999; Johnson 2000; and Mellor 2000). A […]
NEW PUBLICATION: Nutritional training in a humanitarian context: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial
By Sikandra Kurdi , Jose Luis Figueroa, and Hosam Ibrahim
Behavioral change communication interventions have been shown to be effective at improving infant and young child nutrition knowledge and practices. However, evidence in humanitarian response contexts is scarce. Using data on secondary outcomes of breastfeeding, water treatment, and knowledge from a cluster randomized control trial of the Yemen Cash for Nutrition program's impact on child nutritional status, this paper shows [...]
COVID-19 and Social Protection: “From Effective Crisis Protection to Self-Reliance”
Basma Yassa - Senior Research Assistant, IFPRI
The economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have imposed unprecedented increasing pressure on global poverty levels. In response, governments have rapidly resorted to the use and the expansion of social safety nets to safeguard the most vulnerable from the negative implications of the outbreak of COVID-19. IFPRI held the 33rd seminar in the Evaluating Impact and Building Capacity seminar series on Tuesday, September 22 on the topic of “COVID-19 and Social protection: From Effective Crisis Protection to Self-Reliance.” The Seminar aimed to discuss [...]
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