December 20th, 2018 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm Location: Conrad Hotel | Isis meeting room 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 Incomes (ARDII) […] Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Map Yemen: A New Tool for Coordinated Reconstruction and Improving of Food and Nutrition Security in Yemen
Abdul Wahed Mukred, Ministry of Planing and International Cooperation, Yemen
Abdul Rahman Bamatraf, Hadramout University
A comprehensive interactive database on food and nutrition security projects and related Sustainable Development Goal Indicators has been lacking in Yemen for a long time. The Food Security Technical Secretariat (FSTS) and Scaling Up Nutrition Coordination Secretariat (SUN) with support from the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) have addressed this gap by building MAP Yemen. The introduction of MAP Yemen is considered a milestone towards more coordinated and evidence-based project and policy planning in Yemen. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
News: Third Annual Takaful & Karama Conference: From Social Protection to Production
NOV 22, 2018 IFPRI research was highlighted at the recent Takaful & Karama conference in Cairo, Egypt attended by several high-level policy makers including the Prime Minister, Minister of Social Solidarity, Minister of International Cooperation, Minister of Education, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, Minister of Tourism, and a representative from the Ministry of Health. […] Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Head of IFPRI-NSSP Office delivers the keynote address in an international conference in Bangalore
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
