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Agnes Quisumbing

Agnes Quisumbing is a Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. She co-leads a research program that examines how closing the gap between men’s and women’s ownership and control of assets may lead to better development outcomes.

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Why taxing meat could save hundreds of thousands of lives every year (World Economic Forum)

November 09, 2018


The World Economic Forum published an article about the recent sentiment that consuming red and processed meats can have detrimental health effects such as heart disease, stroke, Type 2 diabetes, and cancer.  IFPRI research fellows Keith Wiebe and Sherman Robinson’s research was included in the article analyzing the impact of regulated red and processed meat consumption through a health tax on meat. 

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