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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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India ‘at a Turning Point’ To Tackle Pervasive Child Malnutrition (Financial Times)

January 22, 2018


Financial Times published a feature on India’s child malnutrition and a recent national campaign, which has set aggressive targets for the reduction of stunting and anemia in India. In the article, IFPRI-SAO’s Purnima Menon appreciated the government’s efforts in rolling out the campaign and pointed out that it provides encouragement to tackle the daunting task ahead.

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