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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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The International Food Policy Research Center confirms Egypt’s success in facing corona (Akhbarelyom.com)

May 04, 2021


Akhbarelyom.com published an article that stated IFPRI’s findings on how Egypt fared during the pandemic. IFPRI confirmed that some economies and sectors are recovering at a faster rate based on the adopted national policies, explaining that the stimulus package, which amounted to 100 billion in Egypt, limited the decline in GDP in the period from April to June 2020 from 8.7 percent to Only 1.1 percent. The 2021 Global Food Policy Report referred to the investment plan that Egypt is implementing now, at a value of EGP 280 billion, which led to improving economic performance in the second half of 2020. 

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