This blog is cross posted from IFPRI Website. By Kibrom Abay, Clemens Breisinger, Harriet Mawia, Joyce Maru, Dorah Momanyi, and Boniface Munene October 28, 2024 Africa’s population is the youngest of any region, with more than 400 million young people aged 15 to 35 out of a total of 1.5 billion. But even though rising numbers of this […]
Climate change policies and strategies for central banks: Central Bank of Kenya and IFPRI sign a Memorandum of Understanding.
This blog is cross posted from CG Space. Economies are exposed to myriads of external risks such as production variability from climate shocks, volatility in global commodity prices, fluctuations in foreign investments, among other risks. For instance, climate change, a key determinant of production variability, continues to dominate the global risk landscape posing a long-term […]
Sparking conversations: Research supports rethinking of agricultural withholding tax proposition in Kenya
This blog is cross posted from CGSpace. Since September 2022, the government of Kenya has been implementing policy measures under its “Bottom-Up Transformation Agenda (BETA)”. Alongside measures aimed at promoting economic recovery and improving livelihoods, the government is also redesigning revenue mobilization instruments geared towards fiscal consolidation and supporting economic growth. These interventions have already […]
LET’S COOK ABOUT IT!
December 21, 2023 By Carol Waweru, Diana Machogu, Jean Eyase, Berber Kramer, and Benjamin Kivuva THE CHALLENGE Many nations in Africa South of the Sahara rely on agriculture for their livelihoods and their food security is threatened by climate change. Kenya, which has been experiencing an increased frequency of drought events - with the most […]
Informing Policies with Causal Impact Evaluations: Co-creation and Trust Matter
This blog is cross posted from AGRILINKS. This post was written by Kibrom Abay, Akhter Ahmed, Clemens Breisinger, Naureen Karachiwalla, Sikandra Kurdi and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse (all from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)). Policymakers have incredibly complex decisions to make, and they rely on a broad range of information to support that process. Which policies and programs work best for their constituents? […]
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