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Dalia Elsabbagh – Senior Research Assistant in the Egypt Strategy Support Program (ESSP) of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), based in Cairo.
The COVID-19 pandemic quickly evolved from a health crisis to a large-scale global ... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
The share of working-age young people in Africa south of the Sahara has risen due to past declines in mortality coupled with high fertility. This “youth bulge” has created a sense of urgency among national governments and the international development ... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
by Noora-Lisa Aberman and Radhika Lal Throughout much of Africa south of the Sahara, rural households earn their incomes primarily from agriculture and rapid rural population growth is putting pressure on governments to create jobs. In Ghana, agriculture employs over 40% of the population, but average farm productivity remains low, a problem for rural livelihoods […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
IFPRI recently launched its 2019 Global Food Policy Report. The report reviews the major policy developments of 2018 and focuses on rural revitalization as a promising way to achieve the 2030 development agenda and improve rural lives. Policies, institutions, and investments that take advantage of new opportunities and technologies, increase access to basic services, create […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
This Policy Note offers a synopsis of a study, detailed in Working Paper 27, which examined Malawi’s employment landscape, focusing on the challenges facing its rapidly growing youth. Using three rounds of the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) conducted between 2004 and 2016, the study finds little evidence of structural transformation in Malawi’s economy or of >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
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