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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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Report: 2021 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (Paepard)

September 14, 2021

Paepard reported on the release of the new AATM report. The report discusses a number of relevant and important trends in Africa and its regions in terms of trade flows and policies. The report analyzes, among many other topics, the implications of two major events affecting African trade in 2020 and 2021: the COVID-19 pandemic and the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area. Paepard also reported on the AGRF Summit where Director General Johan Swinnen participated. 

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