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IFPRI Events Rewind : July 2019

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View this email in your browser June 15 – July 20, 2019 A recap of the latest IFPRI events with links to blogs, podcasts, and more. Revitalizing Rural Areas in Lebanon & Soft Launch of WBG’s DigitalAG4MENA June 18, 2019 Co-Organized by American University of Beirut, IFPRI, World Bank Group, and Digital Ag Beirut, Lebanon Explore more about the event (link)       READ the blog (link) European Development Days Lab Debate Session on Rural Revitalization: Addressing Inequalities June 19, 2019 Brussels, Belgium Explore more about the event (link)      WATCH the video (link) 29th annual Martin J. Forman Memorial lecture Harold Alderman on Two Dimensions of Growth: Biology and Economics June 27, 2019 Washington, DC, USA Explore more about the event (link) “No matter what we do, no matter any of our optimistic dreams re SDGs, there will be some malnourished children, we will fail some cases. If we are failing those cases, let’s find a way to have them catch up in their cognitive skills so they can still have the skills to enter the labor market and contribute to economic development.” Harold Alderman, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI      LISTEN to the podcast (link)       READ the blog (link)      VIEW the photos (link)      WATCH the videos (link) The Forced Exile of Rohingyas into Bangladesh: Economic and Nutritional Outcomes and Future Policy Options July 10, 2019 Washington, DC, USA Explore more about the event (link) “It’s important to note that workable solutions do exist. Looking forward, there are difficult policy choices to deal with these forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, and these choices are the choices of the Bangladesh people, their government and, to a large extent, the Rohingya themselves.”   Paul Dorosh, Director of Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI      LISTEN to the podcast (link)       READ the blog (link)      VIEW the photos (link)      WATCH the videos (link) Discussion on the Key Findings of FAO’s 2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report  July 18, 2019 Co-Organized by FAO North America and IFPRI  Washington, DC, USA Explore more about the event (link) “I don’t want to just tread water or be able to celebrate only a modest increase in food insecurity and hunger. We want to say that we are moving toward a day where we can eradicate this problem once and for all.  It’s not only the morally right thing to do, quite frankly from the US and every other nation perspective it is in our own national security interests as well.” Congressman Jim McGovern, 2nd District of Massachusetts and Co-Chair of the House Hunger Caucus      LISTEN to the podcast (link)     WATCH the videos (link)       VIEW the photos (link) 17th International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy July 18 – 20, 2019 Co-Organized by the Ethiopian Economics Association and IFPRI  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Explore more about the event (link) Seminar on Changes from Baseline to Endline in the Feed the Future Zone July 23, 2019 Co-Organized by the Bangladesh Policy Research and Strategy Support Program (PRSSP) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID)  Dhaka, Bangladesh Explore more about the event (link) Recent CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) Webinars July 02: Land tenure and perceived tenure security in the era of social and economic transformation in Africa Recent IFPRI participation in key external events June 24 – 28: 4th Annual Agriculture, Nutrition & Health (ANH) Academy Week July 01 – 05: XVII Biennial IASC Conference July 09 – 18: High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) July 21 – 23: 2019 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting Upcoming IFPRI Events September 05: Impacts of Cash Transfers on Preventing Malnutrition in Yemen Copyright © 2019 International Food Policy Research Institute. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: IFPRI – 1201 Eye Street NW Washington, DC 20005 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.