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 […]
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? […]
New study reveals alarming impact of food inflation on child undernutrition in low and middle-income countries
This information is cross posted from IFPRI website. September 20, 2023, Washington, DC: A new study published in Nature Communications sheds light on the critical relationship between food inflation and child undernutrition in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The study, conducted by Derek Headey and Marie Ruel of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), explores the impact […]
NEW PUBLICATION: UPDATED SOCIAL ACCOUNTING MATRICES FOR KENYA: AN INSTRUMENT FOR POLICY ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION
Download PDF Policy Brief Here. For Kenya Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) 2021 and other related documents, CLICK HERE. Key Highlights of the Policy Brief The policy brief provides an overview of the updated Kenya Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs). The current Kenya SAM which incorporates latest rebased national accounts data, supply and use tables and […]
Policy seminar: Leveraging Kenya’s new Bottom-Up Economic Plan for food system transformation
National Treasury and Planning Cabinet Secretary Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u (left) and Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development Principal Secretary Kello Harsama discuss Kenya's new Bottom-Up Economic Plan. Kenya’s new government has developed an ambitious Bottom-Up Economic Plan to tackle complex domestic and global challenges. “The Bottom-Up approach is about making sure that markets work, and more […]