Event Summary Blog By Sarah Shnouda, Adham Hamdy, and Dalia El Sabbagh Introduction The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is witnessing a decline in food security due to the repercussions of the wars in Ukraine, the war in Sudan, the protracted crises in Yemen, and the state of global inflation of food prices, […]
NEW PUBLICATION: Forsa Pilot Evaluation Baseline Survey Results
The Forsa program, launched in 2021 by the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity has been designed as a graduation program targeted to current beneficiaries of the Takaful cash transfer program. To understand how well Forsa supports household income generation and to better understand the beneficiary household characteristics which may relate to program success, the International Food Policy Research Institute in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Solidarity is running a randomized control trial of the pilot Forsa program..
NEW PUBLICATIONS | Impact Evaluation report: Egypt’s Takaful Cash Transfer Program – Second round report
Egypt introduced the Takaful and Karama Program (TKP), a pair of targeted cash transfer schemes in March 2015. Takaful and Karama was designed as a conditional cash transfer program providing income support targeted to the poor and most vulnerable; namely poor families with children (under 18 years of age), poor elderly (aged 65 years and above) and persons with severe disability.
Proceedings: “BEYOND COVID-19: RECOMMENDATIONS FROM FIVE YEARS OF POLICY RESEARCH IN EGYPT AND DIRECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE”
Date: December 8th, 2020 Venue: Zoom Click to read proceedings in Arabic Opening Remarks (Audio) Session 1 (Audio) Session 2 (Audio) Session 3 (Audio) Closing Remarks (Audio) BLOG (in English) BLOG (in Arabic) PRESENTATION (in English and Arabic) POLICY NOTES (in English and Arabic) OTHER EIBC PUBLICATIONS The event presented key findings and policy recommendations based […]
Beyond COVID-19: RECOMMENDATIONS FROM FIVE YEARS OF POLICY RESEARCH IN EGYPT AND DIRECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
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 […]
