Fatma M. Abdelaziz (IFPRI-Egypt) The Household Income, Expenditure, and Consumption Survey (HIECS) is one of Egypt’s most important nationwide surveys. HIECS provides a large pool of data on household expenditures and consumption. The Egyptian government relies on these data to measure national poverty rates, living standards, inflation, and the like. But can even more be learned […]
IFPRI Egypt Seminar in partnership with WorldFish: The Role of Aquaculture in Improving Food Security, Income & Employment in Egypt
March 28th, 2017 Location: Climate Change Information Center and Renewable Energy (CCICRE) - within the headquarters of the Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza, Egypt The Seminar Series provides a platform for all people striving to identify and implement evidence-based policy solutions that sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition. The series is part of the United […]
Exclusive Interview with Dr. Santiago Levy Algazi: From Food Subsidies to Conditional Cash Transfers in Mexico
Insights and Experiences from Progresa-Oportunidades This video was presented at the IFPRI Egypt Seminar: "Economic Development, Nutrition, and Social Safety Net Reforms in Egypt"
News: Exploring Egypt’s Exceptionalism and the Role of Food Subsidies
Tracy Brown Egypt is a special case among middle-income countries that experience high economic growth: Rather than seeing a drop in chronic child undernutrition during its high-growth period in the 2000s, Egypt experienced a rise in child stunting and a further increase in the “double burden of malnutrition”—that is, the simultaneous presence of chronic undernutrition […]
Special Event: Showcasing MAP Egypt
By Hagar ElDidi, Jose Luis Figueroa and Mariam Raouf MAP Egypt: A tool for improving policy and investment decisions Monitoring the progress of agricultural projects is key for effective policy design and decision making. What types of agricultural projects are currently underway in Egypt? Where are they? Who is funding them? How many people are […]
