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Ahmed Akhter

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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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WFP Myanmar COVID-19 Situation Report #12, 16 November 2020 (ReliefWeb)

November 17, 2020

ReliefWeb published an article with the most current situation report for Myanmar. IFPRI, in its latest research, estimates that food insecurity has risen in Yangon Region, despite Government’s cash transfers support. The proportion of mothers with inadequate diets has steadily increased from 30 percent in June/July 2020 to 53 percent in September/October 2020.  Republished in South Africa News Shafaqna, Nigeria News Shafaqna

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