The idea of the 14-session seminars is to offer an online platform for the dissemination of research among scholars worldwide interested in the issues of applied economics and policy analysis in the Central Asian region. The seminars will run via Zoom each Wednesday from 13:30 CEST and include presentations on theoretical and empirical approaches.
The seminars will start on 27 May with the discussion of the implications of the 2020 Global Food Policy Report and the impact of COVID-19 on food systems in the Eurasia, and co-organized by the Eurasian Center for Food Security at Lomonosov Moscow State University, WIUT, the World Bank, and IFPRI. The speakers are Johan Swinnen, Director General of IFPRI, and Kamiljon Akramov, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI.
More information about topics and speakers is available at http://conference.wiut.uz/
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