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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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The Neglected Epidemics of India: How will COVID-19 Affect Them?

May 14, 2020

  • 9:00 – 10:30 am (America/New_York)
  • 3:00 – 4:30 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 6:30 – 8:00 pm (Asia/Kolkata)
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IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon is participating in a webinar hosted by Harvard’s Medical School on the neglected epidemics of India, and how COVID-19 will affect them on May 14, 2020.

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