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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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Coronavirus debts aggravate misery in Malawi and skyrocket suicides (Infobae.com)

November 11, 2020


Infobae.com (Argentina) published an article about the coronavirus and the mental toll it is taking on Malawians. Malawi was already one of the poorest countries on the planet when the Covid-19 pandemic hit the African continent, further weakening its economy. Half of its 19 million people live below the poverty line and 1.1 million fell into this category this year, according to IFPRI. The coronavirus has hampered “the usual way of doing business,” (street trade). Republished in Le Monde and 24Matins.UK.

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