ESSP Working Paper 145, by Kalle Hirvonen, Gashaw T. Abate, and Alan de Brauw. Abstract: In early June 2020, we called by telephone a representative sample of nearly 600 households in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to assess income changes and household food and nutrition security status during the COVID-19 pandemic (survey period covering May). This was […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
COVID-19 FOOD POLICY RESPONSE MONITOR FOR EGYPT
The IFPRI Egypt Strategy Support Program (ESSP) is responding to the COVID-19 crisis by providing evidence-based information and analysis. As part of these efforts, IFPRI ESSP has launched the COVID-19 Food Policy Response Monitor for Egypt. The Food P... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Food price spikes: Is a cereal export ban the right response for Ethiopia?
Following the price hikes of 2007–2008 and 2010–2011, many governments in low-income countries implemented food export bans. While several studies investigate the macroeconomic impacts of such bans on large net exporters of grains, only very few country case studies have examined the economy-wide and distributional effects combined. Further, there is a lack of rigorous studies […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
COVID-19 Food Policy Response Monitor for Egypt
The IFPRI Egypt Strategy Support Program (ESSP) is responding to the COVID-19 crisis by providing evidence-based information and analysis. As part of these efforts, IFPRI ESSP has launched the COVID-19 Food Policy Response Monitor for Egypt. The Food Policy Response Monitor provides an overview of key food policy responses in a tabular format and is […] Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Affordability of the EAT–Lancet Reference Diet: A Global Analysis
New research finds EAT-Lancet diet for people and planet is unaffordable for 1.58 billion, mostly in low-income countries. Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
