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Aulo Gelli

Aulo Gelli is a Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. His main interests and experience are in the intersection of food policy and nutrition, with a particular focus on evaluating the impact of child health and nutrition interventions. Prior to working at IFPRI, Aulo worked as a Research Fellow at Imperial College, as a Policy Analyst at the UK Collaborative on Development Sciences, and as a Statistician at the World Food Programme. 

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Rural Transformation in the 21st Century: The Challenges of Low-Income, Late-Transforming Countries

Pre-conference workshop of the 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists

BC

The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver

1601 Bayshore Drive

Vancouver, Canada

July 28, 2018

  • 8:30 – 5:00 pm (America/Vancouver)
  • 11:30 – 8:00 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 9:00 – 5:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)

Rural Transformation refers to the change (usually as part of an economy-wide process of structural transformation) of rural areas that are poor and largely based on agriculture to more diversified and prosperous ones. Countries undergoing the process in the 21st century face a different context than those that did so in the 19th or 20th centuries. Competition from foreign suppliers is tough, even in local markets in low income countries. Jobs for young people are scarce. Late-transformers lag, rather than lead, global technical innovation. Migration is risky.

The CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) will convene a pre-conference workshop on the topic “Rural Transformation in the 21st Century: The Challenges of Low-Income, Late-Transforming Countries as part of the International Conference of Agricultural Economists (July 28 – August 2, 2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada).

Click here for full agenda.