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 […]
Best Practices and Lessons from Virtual Training on ‘Trade Flow Analysis’
By: Suresh Babu, Xinshen Diao, and Nandita Srivastava December 2021 Introduction This blog is part of a blog series on ‘Conducting Virtual Training during COVID-19: IFPRI Researchers’ Experience’. It will focus on best practices and approaches, key challenges and opportunities, and the way forward. This blog post reflects on the experience of a three-module virtual […]
Best Practices and Lessons from Virtual Training on ‘Using Household Data for Policy Analysis
By: Gracie Rosenbach and David Spielman December 2021 Introduction This blog is part of a series on ‘Conducting Virtual Training during COVID-19: Experience of IFPRI Researchers’. This blog series will reflect on the experiences of IFPRI researchers in conducting virtual trainings during COVID-19—focusing on the methods and approaches, best practices, key challenges and opportunities, and […]
Stepping up to India’s Nutrition Challenge: From Aspiration to Action
IFPRI's POSHAN team, in collaboration with the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, India’s premier institution for training civil services officers, conducted a short nutrition course on 6-7 August 2018, in Mussoorie (India), for District Magistrates from 32 selected Aspirational Districts of India. Purnima Menon and Rasmi Avula, along with other faculty members, convened […]