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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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Lawmaker Proposes P1 Carbon Tax on Power Use (Philippine Star)

June 20, 2018


The Phillippine Star published an article on Representative Luis Raymund Villafuerte’s proposal for a carbon tax on electricity consumption, which aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, promote the use of green energy, and raise funds for climate change mitigation measures. The Representative cited a March 2018 study completed by IFPRI researchers Alam Mondal, Mark Rosegrant, Claudia Ringler, Angga Pradesha, and Rowena Valmonte-Santos, which concluded that the Philippines could supplement 57-60 percent of its energy needs with renewables by 2040 by utilizing a strategy of carbon taxes and subsidies.

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