In response to growing demand for WEAI surveys, IFPRI, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), are developing a distance learning course for Women Empowerment in Agricultural Index (WEAI) and the project-level […]
Rural Economic Growth and Employment Project in Jordan
Samia Akroush, Project Director, Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation
The Rural Economic Growth and Employment Project (REGEP) is an agricultural development project funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), that started in 2015 and will run for six years.
The main objective of the project is to improve access to finance in rural areas in Jordan.
Building Capacity in Times of Conflict: Yemeni Experts Get Hands-On Training for Food Security and Nutrition
Rachel Bahn and Hagar El-Didi - American University of Beirut | IFPRI Egypt
A group of 9 Yemeni experts affiliated with the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MoPIC) traveled from Sana’a to Beirut, Lebanon to participate in targeted training on food security and nutrition from March 5-9, 2018. The training was delivered by a joint team from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the American University of Beirut (AUB).
Building the First Regional Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Egypt 2014/2015
Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) is a comprehensive and coherent socio-economic database that combines many datasets ranging from sectoral survey data, economic census, trade data, national accounts, government budget, direct and indirect taxes as well as subsidies. As such, it is considered as a representation for the economy, that shows the circular flow of all transfers and real transactions between sectors and institutions. Having a more disaggregated SAM with regards to activities, households, subnational regions is very important for economic analysis
