June 15, 2015 By: Abdulmajeed Al Bataly, Social Policy Advisor - Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation Share URL During the past few years, the Yemeni economy encountered a series of successive crises and urgent challenges, namely, political instability and insecurity that resulted in economic and social instability. Last year (2014), the economy experienced a new […]
Building Resilience to Crises in the Arab World
December 19, 2014 By: Perrihan Al-Riffai, Sr. Research Analyst – IFPRI and Nerina Muzurovic, Knowledge Management Officer - IFAD In a well-attended side event titled: Building Resilience to Crises in the Arab World at the 41st meeting of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) in Rome, October 17th, 2014, IFPRI in collaboration with its development partners, CGIAR’s […]
AFED’s 7th Annual Conference Recommendations: Food Security Supports Political Stability
December 12, 2014 By: Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) On December 12th, The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) released the recommendations of its seventh annual conference held in Amman, which addressed food security in Arab countries. The recommendations were finalized by a high-level committee of experts and officials who participated in the conference. In […]