By Kibrom A. Abay, Hosam Ibrahim, and Clemens Breisinger
Understanding the public health implication of fiscal policies is crucial to combat recently increasing overweight and obesity rates in many low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). This study examines the implication of food policies, mainly tariff rates on “unhealthy” foods, including sugar and confectionery products as well as fats and oils, and governments’ subsidies on [...]
NEW PUBLICATION: 2020 GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT (GFPR)
Food systems are evolving quickly, but not everyone is benefiting. The 2020 GFPR explores the need to build more inclusive food systems to reduce poverty and malnutrition and improve lives. Visit the Site to Read Report. © Jason Chow/International Food Policy Research Institute 2020
NEW PUBLICATION: “Economic impact of COVID-19 on tourism and remittances: Insights from Egypt”
By Clemens Breisinger, Abla Abdelatif, Mariam Raouf, and Manfred Wiebelt
Egypt’s recent economic success will almost certainly be interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We examine the likely impact on the Egyptian economy of a significant reduction in tourism, payments received from the Suez Canal, and remittances from Egyptians working abroad because of the slowdown in the global economy due to the COVID-19 virus [...]
NEW PUBLICATION: “Nutritional training in a humanitarian context: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial”
By Sikandra Kurdi, Jose Luis Figueroa, and Hosam Ibrahim Article published by John Wiley & Sons March 2020 Behavioural 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, […]
NEW PUBLICATION: “Too much of a good thing? Evidence that fertilizer subsidies lead to overapplication in Egypt”
By Sikandra Kurdi, Mai Mahmoud, Kibrom A. Abay, and Clemens Breisinger REGIONAL PROGRAM WORKING PAPER March 2020 As part of a national policy to ensure a certain level of food self-sufficiency in strategic crops, the government of Egypt subsidizes nitrogen fertilizer directly by distributing quotas of subsidized fertilizers to farmers and indirectly by subsidizing natural […]
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