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Ahmed Akhter

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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Africa faces ‘hunger pandemic’ as coronavirus destroys jobs and fuels poverty (Reuters) 

April 24, 2020


Reuters reported on the predicted devastation of COVID-19 in Africa. Senior Research Fellows James Thurlow and David Laborde Debucquet were quoted in the report. Thurlow states, “About 80% of urban Africans get their food through informal food markets. So even if it’s coming off the farm and coming out of the factories, if you cannot buy it, it’s as good as not existing.” Laborde said “We are talking about (people) earning below $1.90 a day … where basically your life is in danger because, when you have this type of poverty and you cannot eat, you will die.”  

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