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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

Coronavirus aggravates inequality (Wirtualny Nowy Przemyst) 

April 11, 2020


Wirtualny Nowy Przemyst (Poland) reported on how societal inequalities will increase as the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic becomes clearer. Using forecasts from IFPRI, the Polish Economic Institute pointed out that each percentage point of economic decline means an increase in the number of people affected by poverty by 2%. (14 million). They reserved that this indicator may be correspondingly higher depending on the final shape of the economic disturbance.

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