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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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Investing in Communities: Key to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Event organized by IFPRI and The Movement for Community-Led Development

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International Food Policy Research Institute

2033 K Street, NW, Washington, DC Fourth Floor Conference Facility

Washington, United States

April 6, 2016

  • 4:15 – 5:45 pm (UTC)
  • 12:15 – 1:45 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 9:45 – 11:15 pm (Asia/Kolkata)
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IFPRI Special Event: Investing in Communities

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One sea-change from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is Goal 16, which calls for participatory decision-making at all levels, including the community level where basic needs are met. The SDGs also call for integrated solutions – especially critical for nutrition, women’s economic empowerment and resilience – and this integration must happen at the community level.  

Building the capacity of communities to plan and take charge of their own development is a science, and diverse actors have developed systematic methodologies which some nations are now taking to national scale.

John Coonrod framed the issue; Pierre Ferrari discussed international non-governmental organizations as capacity builders; Nancy Lee addressed donors as partners; Nancy E. Wilson talked on fragile state reconstruction; and Tewodaj Mogues highlighted the role of policy research.

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