Publications

Brief
Rwanda: Cost effective options for inclusive and sustainable development

Brief
Ethiopia: Cost effective options for inclusive and sustainable development

Brief
Uganda: Cost effective options for inclusive and sustainable development
Blogs

Sudan’s catastrophe: Farmers could offer quick postwar recovery, if peace is found
Charting economic paths forward.

AIM4C Summit Side Event: Foresight, climate change, and agrifood systems
New insights into developing country impacts.

The Reference Diet Deprivation (ReDD) index: A new diet quality measure for more effective nutrition-sensitive policies
Assessing how household diets fall short.
Events

4th International Conference on Financing for Development
IFPRI is pleased to participate in the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4). This conference provides a unique opportunity to reform financing at all levels, including to support reform of the international financial architecture and addressing financing challenges preventing the urgently needed investment push for the SDGs. FFD4 Conference will be held in […]

2025 Global Food Policy Report | Food Policy: Lessons and Priorities for a Changing World
Also streaming on Over the last 50 years, the world’s food systems have evolved tremendously amid major economic, environmental, and social changes. Throughout this period, policy research has played a critical role in providing evidence and analysis to inform decision-making that supports agricultural growth, better livelihoods, and improved food security, nutrition, and well-being for all. […]

How vulnerable are economies to systemic risks? New approaches to assessing economic and climate-related shocks
This webinar showcases two innovative approaches to understanding how economic and climate-related risks affect national economies and vulnerable populations across developing regions. The first presentation introduces an economywide modeling approach to assess economic vulnerabilities. It examines how national economies and key population groups are exposed to shocks—such as global market fluctuations or disruptions in domestic […]
News
Sudan’s catastrophe: farmers could offer quick post-war recovery, if peace is found
Despite the stark reality, there is a potential path forward for Sudan, believe IFPRI experts.
Integrated customer experience strategies essential to enterprise growth (Nigeria Communications Week)
Nigeria Communications Week published an article stating that a report from Nigeria’s Statistics Bureau showed that the economy contracted by 6.1% year on year by Quarter 2 of 2020 alone. This decline is Nigeria’s steepest recorded in the past decade. In addition, a report from IFPRI, Coronavirus: Lockdowns across Africa creating major economic loss showed that during the lockdown […]
COVID-19: For pregnant women, it’s a tougher battle (Daily Trust)
Daily Trust (Nigeria) reported on COVID-19, nutrition, and pregnancy. Poor diet is a common experience of low-income households during the lockdown. IFPRI said poor households in low and middle-Income Countries, like Nigeria, would have dramatic income effects due to “widespread unemployment resulting from COVID-19 mitigation measures” (see blogpost, COVID-19 lockdowns are imposing substantial economic costs on countries in Africa by James Thurlow). Also reflecting both […]