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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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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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Coronavirus: Another lockdown looms as cases rise (Blueprint)

December 22, 2020


Blueprint (Nigeria) published an article on how Nigeria might have another pandemic-related lockdown in its future. Nigeria has in the last few days seen resurgence in Covid-19 infection cases across the country. IFPRI-Nigeria states that “In our own case, the scale has since tipped against the economy, and the hunger virus is ravaging the populace.” The office goes on to say that “the six-week lockdown between April and May this year have zapped $16 billion loss to our GDP.”

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