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Kalyani Raghunathan

Kalyani Raghunathan is Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in New Delhi, India. Her research lies at the intersection of agriculture, gender, social protection, and public health and nutrition, with a specific focus on South Asia and Africa. 

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Launching Compact2025 in Ethiopia: Roundtable discussion

March 28, 2016

  • 8:00 – 9:00 pm (Africa/Addis_Ababa)
  • 1:00 – 2:00 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 10:30 – 11:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)
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Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen opened the Compact2025 roundtable discussion in Ethiopia, where progress in reducing hunger and undernutrition must be accelerated to reach the 2025 goal. The Deputy Prime Minister is also a member of the Compact2025 Leadership Council.

The Ethiopia roundtable discussion, which took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 28, 2016, initiates a process in which Compact2025 will bring stakeholders together to set priorities, innovate and learn, fine-tune actions, build on successes, and synthesize sharable lessons in order to accelerate progress.

Shenggen Fan, IFPRI Director General and Compact2025 Leadership Council member, gave remarks emphasizing the need to work together: “We must leverage each other’s strengths across multiple sectors to improve food security, nutrition, and health.” Ato Newai Gebre‐Ab, Chief Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister and Executive Director of the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI), also offered opening remarks.

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