Following an invitation by the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Dr. George Mavrotas, Head of the IFPRI-NSSP Office, delivered the keynote address on “Urbanization Trends, Stylized Facts and Policy Challenges in Nigeria (and beyond)” in ... Source: IFPRI Nigeria Country Office
Publication: Targeting Social Safety Nets Using Proxy Means Tests: Evidence from Egypt’s Takaful and Karama Program
Sikandra Kurdi, Clemens Breisinger, Hagar ElDidi, Hoda El-Enbaby, Daniel O. Gilligan, and Naureen Karachiwalla
This chapter from ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report (2017-2018) uses Egypt as a case study to examine the effectiveness of proxy means test (PMT) targeting. Targeting effectiveness is defined in terms of the ability of the program to enroll beneficiaries from the lowest two quintiles of the expenditure distribution. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
IFPRI Egypt Seminar: “Women Empowerment for Revitalizing Rural Areas in Egypt” (Oct 30)
October 30th, 2018 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm Location: Holiday Inn Cairo Maadi| Cornish El Nile, Cairo, 11431 The IFPRI-Egypt Seminar Series is part of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded project called “Evaluating Impact and Building Capacity” (EIBC) that is implemented by IFPRI. The seminar supports USAID’s Agribusiness for Rural Development and Increasing […] Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Egypt’s Takaful and Karama cash transfer program: Evaluation of program impacts and recommendations
[available in English and Arabic]
Egypt has been providing cash to poor households through its first conditional cash transfer program, Takaful and Karama, a social protection program run by the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MoSS), since March 2015. Takaful (“Solidarity”) supports poor families with children under 18, while Karama (“Dignity”) supports the elderly poor and people living with disabilities. The cash transfer program has enrolled 2.25 million families across all of Egypt’s governorates. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Second Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project Conference Boosts Collaborative Agric Policy Research in Nigeria
Michigan State University (MSU) and IFPRI’s Nigeria Strategy Support Program (IFPRI-NSSP), jointly organized a major conference on Collaborative Research for Agricultural Policy in Nigeria as part of the dissemination activities of the Feed the Future ... Source: IFPRI Nigeria Country Office
