GFPR 2015
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Debuts of the 2014-15 Global Food Policy Report
This year’s Global Food Policy Report—IFPRI’s flagship publication—is the fourth in an annual series which provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments in the past year. The topics covered in the 2014-15 report are timely as we usher in a new global development agenda. The launch of the Report in various capital cities…
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Do high food prices and droughts fuel conflict?
The following story by Jacopo Bordignon shares highlights from Chapter 7 of the 2014-2015 Global Food Policy Report, which was authored by Clemens Breisinger, Olivier Ecker, and Jean Francois Trinh Tan from IFPRI’s Development Strategy and Governance Division. The world has seen more and more conflicts in recent years, such as in Syria, Nigeria, and Yemen. What explains these conflicts…
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The power of WASH
The following post by IFPRI senior research fellow Lawrence Haddad shares highlights from Chapter 3 of the 2014-2015 Global Food Policy Report, which Haddad co-authored withDean Spears, Director of R.I.C.E. and visiting economist at the Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics, India. The post originally appeared on theDevelopment Horizons blog. This week saw the launch of IFPRI’s 2014-2015 Global Food…
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Launch of IFPRI’s 2014-2015 Global Food Policy Report
The 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report, IFPRI’s flagship publication, puts into perspective the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions in 2014 and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2015. The report calls for a renewed focus on middle-income countries, which are home to the majority of the world’s hungry and malnourished. It also covers other…
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Where do the world’s hungriest people live? Not where you think
The following post by IFPRI Director General, Shenggen Fan, was originally published in the Huffington Post. If you were tasked to end hunger and malnutrition in the world, you might first ask: Where do such vulnerable people live? It may be a surprise that the majority of the world’s hungry and malnourished live in large…
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IFPRI 2012 Global Food Policy Report China Launch and Reception
This special event hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) will debut IFPRI’s flagship 2012 Global Food Policy Report (Overview in Chinese). IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan will present a brief overview of recent and emerging food policy developments, and will highlight IFPRI’s and China’s research partnership and shared commitment to help the…