May 04, 2016 By: Racha Ramadan, Assistant professor at Faculty of Economics and Political Science- Cairo University Share URL As a Low Income Food Deficit Country (LIFDC), food security is an important challenge for Egypt, with 17.2% of the Egyptians suffering from food insecurity in 2011 and 5% undernourished during the period from 2008 to 2015 Egypt suffers from […]
The Reality of Extreme Poverty in Arab Countries is Much Harsher than Implied by Data…
December 30, 2015 By: Khalid Abu Ismail- Chief of Economic Policy Section at UN ESCWA Share URL While hunger was on the rise in the Arab region (see figures below); Is there an issue in reporting data or measurement approach in explaining the mis-match? One would have thought that the Arab spring, given its widespread regional impact […]
End Food Insecurity by 2030
December 02, 2015 By: Nadim Khouri, Independent Researcher - The World Bank Share URL Arab leaders and their representatives at the recent UN Summit on Sustainable Development in New York were part of the global consensus to ensure that every person will be food secure “year round” by 2030. Food Security is Goal 2 of the […]
The Climate Nexus Initiative: Addressing Food Security, Water Scarcity and Social Vulnerability to Build Resilience in the Arab Region
October 14, 2015 By: Wadid Erian, Senior Advisor - Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction at The League of Arab States Share URL The Climate Nexus Initiative builds bridges among development goals, actors and initiatives, bringing forth added-value from synergies and complementarities. The so called Arab spring highlighted the importance of better understanding that social […]
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 […]
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