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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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Russia’s war is causing hunger in Asia (The Economist) 

May 05, 2022


The Economist writes in an article that unhelpful short-term fixes are not the answer to spiking food prices. The war is pushing up the prices of all kinds of foodstuffs, not just grain. In Bangladesh, with a population of 164 million, its food-security predicament is among the most severe, paying more for food and fertilizer imports will deplete foreign-currency reserves, while leaving less room for social safety-net support, according to IFPRI.  

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