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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.

Ahmed Akhter

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Akhter Ahmed

Akhter Ahmed is a Senior Research Fellow in the IFPRI’s Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit and Country Representative for IFPRI Bangladesh. He has worked on strategies for agricultural and rural development, social protection, and women’s empowerment to reduce poverty, food insecurity, and undernutrition in developing countries including Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Malawi, the Philippines, and Turkey.

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Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Preston Auditorium

1818 H St NW

Washington, United States

October 14 to 20, 2019

  • 9:00 – 5:30 pm (America/New_York)
  • 3:00 – 11:30 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 6:30 – 3:00 am (Asia/Kolkata)
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IFPRI is participating in the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund.

The event brings together central bankers, ministers of finance and development, private sector executives, representatives from civil society organizations and academics to discuss issues of global concern, including the world economic outlook, poverty eradication, economic development, and aid effectiveness. Also featured are seminars, regional briefings, press conferences, and many other events focused on the global economy, international development, and the world’s financial system. 

The Future of the Rural Space (October 16, 2019 — 11:30am – 12:30pm)

  • Channing Arndt, Director of Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI (Moderator)

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