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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

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.

Global insights on food security and economic resilience: What can the U.S. learn from abroad? (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) 

May 25, 2022


Federal Reserve Bank of New York published information about a May 25 event. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York will host a virtual event on domestic and international efforts to improve food security. Speakers will discuss Economist Impact’s Global Food Security Index, food and inequality in the U.S., and market opportunities in the field.  Rob Vos, director of the Markets, Trade, and Institutions division was a panelist on the session on Global Perspectives. 

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