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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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MGNREGS has raised welfare, brought down inequality, says study (LiveMint)

January 30, 2019


LiveMint published an article about the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme acting as a conditional cash transfer for rural and poor Indian farmers.  IFPRI research from Yanyan Liu was included in the article as findings show that the program has significantly improved the well-being of beneficiaries through better nutrition intake and the accumulation of more household assets.

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