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One Of the World’s Worst Economic Collapses, Now Compounded By The Ukraine Crisis: What’s Next For Lebanon?

High food prices and supply disruptions triggered by the Ukraine war are hitting Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries like Egypt, Sudan, and Yemen hard, partly due their heavy dependence on wheat imports. But in the region, Lebanon—already... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office

NEW PUBLICATION: The Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Implications for Global and Regional Food Security and Potential Policy Responses

This paper analyzes the implications of the Russian-Ukraine crisis on global and regional food security. We start with a global vulnerability analysis to identify most vulnerable regions and countries. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is ... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office

The Russia-Ukraine crisis poses a serious food security threat for Egypt

BY KIBROM ABAY, LINA ABDELFATTAH, CLEMENS BREISINGER, JOSEPH GLAUBER AND DAVID LABORDE Russia's invasion of Ukraine has imperiled global food security—creating suffering within Ukraine and displacing millions, while disrupting agricultural production a... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office

NEW PUBLICATION: Cluster-based development in Egypt: A study of external shocks to the leather and medicinal and aromatic plant sectors

MENA RP WORKING PAPER By: Fatma Abdelaziz, Nancy Abdelghany, Mia Ellis, Amy William, and Xiaobo Zhang The Egyptian government has prioritized the idea of cluster-based development-that is, the geographic concentration of specialized firms, such ... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office

New Publication: A study of Tunisia’s leather and date sectors

WORKING PAPER By Fatma Abdelaziz, Mia Ellis And Xiaobo Zhang Based on field visits, structured interviews, and reviews of the literature and secondary data, we examine major challenges facing the leather and date clusters in Tunisia. The challenges var... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office