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Khalid Siddig

Khalid Siddig is a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit and Program Leader for the Sudan Strategy Support Program. He is an agricultural economist with a focus on examining the impacts of potential shocks and the allocation of resources on economic growth, environmental sustainability, and income distribution through the lens of economywide and micro-level tools. 

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Congress weighs response to global food crisis (National Journal) 

April 26, 2022


National Journal published an article on how policy advocates and experts want Congress to provide additional dollars to address the crisis, including through the U.N.’s World Food Programme, which works to deliver food in regions experiencing conflict and disasters. Prices have gone up globally and that will hit African countries hard because of their high import costs and the high proportion of household income that goes to purchasing food. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber said, “While wheat prices are rising globally, countries that rely on importing wheat directly from Ukraine will additionally have to look for new suppliers.” 

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