Panelists discuss the emerging trends in African countries’ trade flows and compositions, comparative advantages globally and regionally, tariff and non-tariff trade protection, and other trade developments.
COVID-19 and Developing Country Responses (Virtual Event): October 15, 2:00 – 3:00 PM (CLT)
An official side event of the World Food Prize 2020 Borlaug Dialogue
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 [...]
Unpacking the impacts of COVID-19 on economies, food systems, and poverty in African and Asian countries
Evgeniya Anisimova - Senior Communications Specialist with the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).
Countries around the world have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing lockdowns and other social distancing measures. Agrifood systems and food supply chains—although generally exempt from restrictions—have nevertheless experienced disruptions and global market instability [...]
Challenges of Food Security shortages, Spread of diseases and Corona epidemics in Yemen
Dr. Abdul Wahed Othman Mukred - Head of Food Security Technical Secretariat, Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Sana'a, Yemen
Yemen suffers from the worst humanitarian crisis in the world since the conflict began in March 2015. The number of people in need of food reached about 24.3 million people, equivalent to more than 80% of the total population. Projections indicate that about 20.1 million people need interventions during the period June-December 2020 while about 10 million individuals suffer from acute food insecurity [...]
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