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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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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

FEATURE-‘Emergency’ for millions as coronavirus severs remittance lifeline (Reuters) 

May 01, 2020


Reuters published an article on migrants in the Middle East who have been hit hard with the COVID-19 spread. IFPRI states that Egypt is bracing for a triple whammy: a collapse in tourism and falling foreign remittances – which make up nearly 9% of GDP – and Suez Canal revenues. Senior Research Fellow Clemens Breisinger commented, “Even in an optimistic scenario, poor households could lose about 160 Egyptian pounds ($10) per month – about 9% of their income – from reduced remittances.” Republished in Reuters (India), Reuters (UK), Reuters Africa, Yahoo News  HaaretzDaily HuntMoneyWeb (South Africa), DevdiscourseFocus MalaysiaDaily Magazine,.Namibia Press Agency, and several other major international outlets. 

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