As part of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy, Research, Capacity and Influence, Kristin Davis presented a training “From Research to Policy Influence: Understanding the Policy Space” for four Centers for Policy Leadership. These included l’Institut sénégalais de recherches Agricole/Bureau d’analyses macro-économiques (Senegal); Economic Policy Research Center (Uganda); Center for Petroleum, Energy […]
Blog Series and Guidelines on Conducting Virtual Capacity Strengthening Activities
(This picture was taken at a virtual event as part of the ongoing Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI) project) Travel restrictions and safety regulations due to COVID-19 compelled IFPRI researchers to conduct Capacity Strengthening (CS) activities using virtual approaches for learning and engagement. As part of the shift […]
Delivering capacity strengthening virtually during COVID-19: Lessons from Nigeria
By: Hyacinth Edeh December 2021 Introduction This blog reflects the lessons IFPRI-Nigeria (https://nssp.ifpri.info/) garnered in delivering virtual capacity strengthening activities to stakeholders in Nigeria during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. As in other parts of the world, the pandemic led the Government of Nigeria to introduce several measures to contain the spread of the […]
Capacity building training through virtual model in India – challenges and opportunities
By: Barun Deb Pal December 2021 In India, the economy-wide modelling was popular for macro-economic policy analysis as well as planning for economic development during the 1990s. However, currently the application of this analytical framework is very rare. The erosion in capacity among scholars, policy makers and other stakeholders has contributed to the rare application […]
Highpoints and Hiccups: Virtual Capacity Strengthening in the Time of Covid-19
By: Emily Schmidt December 2021 Introduction I had no idea that 10 days after our return from Papua New Guinea in March 2020, the world would be challenged to think through new ways to meet, learn, and build partnerships via what would become our new best friend: online communication platforms. The repetitive conversation about which […]
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