<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>IFPRI Egypt Country Office</title> <atom:link href="https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/tag/poverty/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info</link> <description>IFPRI INFO: Conversation - collaboration - community site</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 09:12:29 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3</generator> <image> <url>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/files/2020/04/IFPRI_Logo_400.fw_-e1690457231933-150x150.png</url> <title>IFPRI Egypt Country Office</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <item> <title>Egypt’s experience bridging cash transfers and an economic inclusion program for sustainable social protection</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2025/01/14/egypts-experience-bridging-cash-transfers-and-an-economic-inclusion-program-for-sustainable-social-protection/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[aabdelhadi]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 09:07:58 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Arab Food and Nutrition Security Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cash transfers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[economic inclusion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Forsa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=10204</guid> <description><![CDATA[In 186 countries worldwide, cash transfer programs are the cornerstone of social protection, outnumbering social security or pension plans. These offer critical financial lifelines to vulnerable households, aiming to alleviate poverty by providing steady cash support. However, these programs can become long-term fiscal burdens for governments due to limited turnover of recipients, particularly when the programs do not lead to lasting reductions in poverty.]]></description> </item> <item> <title>IFPRI explores impact of COVID-19 on school feeding services and food insecurity</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2021/08/19/ifpri-explores-impact-of-covid-19-on-school-feeding-services-and-food-insecurity/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[labdelfattah]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 07:57:58 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CGIAR-PIM]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Country strategies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></category> <category><![CDATA[food security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[governance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[School Feeding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social protection]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=7306</guid> <description><![CDATA[COVID-19 has disrupted programs that assist vulnerable populations worldwide. In addition to education, schools provide daily meals and other services that many families depend on; when schools closed during the pandemic, those services ceased. Kibrom Abay and colleagues explore the food security consequences of [...]]]></description> </item> <item> <title>IFPRI’s Director General Wins AAEA for Superior Communications</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2021/08/05/ifpris-director-general-wins-aaea-for-superior-communications/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[labdelfattah]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2021 07:34:38 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Egypt Homepage Slider]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></category> <category><![CDATA[employment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[food security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pandemic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[policy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[supply chains]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=7285</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jo Swinnen was awarded the Quality of Communications Award for the book COVID-19 and Global Food Security and the blog posts, events, and distribution channels used to disseminate it.]]></description> </item> <item> <title>NEW PUBLICATION: 2020 Annual Report</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2021/05/18/new-publication-2020-annual-report/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[labdelfattah]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2021 06:38:08 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category> <category><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></category> <category><![CDATA[food and nutrition security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[food systems]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category> <category><![CDATA[governance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[resilience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Technology and innovation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trade]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=6946</guid> <description><![CDATA[IFPRI’s 2020 Annual Report presents highlights from our research work around the world. Cutting-edge research on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and related policies, and on our strategic research areas—climate resilience and sustainability, healthy diets and nutrition, inclusive and [...]]]></description> </item> <item> <title>The Global Food Systems 5050 Initiative: Tracking and promoting progress on gender equality amid food systems transformation</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2021/05/11/the-global-food-systems-5050-initiative-tracking-and-promoting-progress-on-gender-equality-amid-food-systems-transformation/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[labdelfattah]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2021 07:30:08 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Arab Food and Nutrition Security Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agricultural production]]></category> <category><![CDATA[food security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[food systems]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[UNFSS]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=6916</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jemimah Njuki (Director for Africa Region at IFPRI) writes about a new index that will assess the actions of 200+ producer organizations, food companies, global nonprofits, & research institutions on women's empowerment.]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Model: Impact of falling remittances amid COVID-19 on Yemen’s war-torn economy</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2021/03/07/model-impact-of-falling-remittances-amid-covid-19-on-yemens-war-torn-economy/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[labdelfattah]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2021 07:30:09 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Arab Food and Nutrition Security Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Highlights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economy-wide modeling]]></category> <category><![CDATA[food security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[food systems]]></category> <category><![CDATA[migration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[remittances]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rural poverty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[war]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yemen]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=6536</guid> <description><![CDATA[Dalia Elsabbagh - Senior Research Assistant, IFPRI Egypt Sikandra Kurdi - Research Fellow, IFPRI Egypt Manfred Wiebelt - Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Economics (emeritus), Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, Germany The day-to-day hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic are often compared to life during wartime. But Yemenis have it far worse: They are experiencing a pandemic and a war simultaneously. [...]]]></description> </item> <item> <title>NEW PUBLICATION: Nutritional training in a humanitarian context: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2020/11/01/new-publication-nutritional-training-in-a-humanitarian-context-evidence-from-a-cluster-randomized-trial-2/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[labdelfattah]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2020 07:44:10 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crisis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MENA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[migration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[natural resources]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yemen]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=5494</guid> <description><![CDATA[By Sikandra Kurdi , Jose Luis Figueroa, and Hosam Ibrahim Behavioral change communication interventions have been shown to be effective at improving infant and young child nutrition knowledge and practices. However, evidence in humanitarian response contexts is scarce. Using data on secondary outcomes of breastfeeding, water treatment, and knowledge from a cluster randomized control trial of the Yemen Cash for Nutrition program's impact on child nutritional status, this paper shows [...]]]></description> </item> <item> <title>NEW PUBLICATION: “Cash Transfers and Women’s Control over Decision-Making and Labor Supply in Egypt”</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2020/02/06/new-publication-cash-transfers-and-womens-control-over-decision-making-and-labor-supply-in-egypt/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[labdelfattah]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2020 14:58:19 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Egypt Homepage Slider]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MENA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social protection]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=4457</guid> <description><![CDATA[MENA RP WORKING PAPER Hoda El-Enbaby, Daniel Gilligan, Naureen Karachiwalla, Yumna Kassim, Sikandra Kurd December 2019- revised December 2021 Women’s control over decision-making within their family, particularly regarding the use of household income, can play an important and long-lasting role in shaping their well-being and that of their children. Cash transfer programs often target women in order to increase […]]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Tracking Progress in the Arab Region on the Global Goals</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2019/11/05/tracking-progress-in-the-arab-region-on-the-global-goals/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[labdelfattah]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2019 08:55:27 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Arab Food and Nutrition Security Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arab region]]></category> <category><![CDATA[consumption]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[inequality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sustainable development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Water]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=4234</guid> <description><![CDATA[Dr. Mari Luomi - Senior Research Fellow, Emirates Diplomatic Academy and Sustainable Development Goals Centre of Excellence for the Arab Region (SDGCAR) The 22 Arab countries are probably the most diverse region in the world measured by any socioeconomic indicator. The group includes six Least Developed Countries, which have a per capita gross national income of less than a thousand US dollars, and the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries, which are classified as high-income countries. [...]]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Yemen: Economy-wide impact of conflict and alternative scenarios for recovery</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2019/10/24/yemen-economy-wide-impact-of-conflict-and-alternative-scenarios-for-recovery/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[labdelfattah]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2019 10:04:32 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Arab Food and Nutrition Security Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conflict]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[recovery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yemen]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=4215</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lina Abdelfattah – IFPRI This is a summary of a regional program policy note published by IFPRI titled “Yemen: Economy-wide impact of conflict and alternative scenarios for recovery”. [...]]]></description> </item> </channel> </rss>