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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

Liangzhi You

Liangzhi You is a Senior Research Fellow and theme leader in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit, based in Washington, DC. His research focuses on climate resilience, spatial data and analytics, agroecosystems, and agricultural science policy. Gridded crop production data of the world (SPAM) and the agricultural technology evaluation model (DREAM) are among his research contributions. 

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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

The color of money – Coronavirus in Argentina: poverty and pandemic, a tragic combination (Clarin) 

May 07, 2020


The Clarin (Argentina) published an article stating that Argentina entered quarantine with 35.5% of its population submerged in poverty. COVID-19 has increased poverty. For Head of Latin America and the Caribbean Program Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla questions what comes next. “The IMF foresees a rapid recovery; other economists believe that it will be slower and the most pessimistic think that we will be in a hole.  Short, medium- and long-term plans are needed that include health, production, and employment, segmented by type of population, local and national governments. In other words, a comprehensive plan in various dimensions and time horizons. ” 

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