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Introducing Yemen Spatial
July 02, 2014 By: Jean Francois Trinh Tan Cross-posted from IFPRI Website A tool to help the country reach its food security goals Yemen ranks among the ten most food-insecure countries globally and has child malnutrition rates of nearly sixty percent, the highest in the Arab World. These two figures underscore the country’s future social and economic […]
Pioneering Online Tool Targets Improved Decision Making in Iraq
March 25, 2014 By: IFPRI The following story was originally published on the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) website. ICARDA is a member of the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers, supported by the CGIAR Fund. Without access to accurate and comprehensive data, decision makers and researchers struggle to develop appropriate policy agendas […]
Connecting the Dots
January 16, 2014 By: IFPRI Cross-posted from IFPRI Website Mapping Development in the Middle East and North Africa with Updated Arab Spatial Improving food security and enhancing economic development in developing countries requires a multifaceted approach—and that includes access to reliable data. In the swiftly changing Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, up-to-date information is particularly […]
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 […]
