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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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WFP: The Corona disaster has caused the world a severe hunger crisis (News Agency – Ahlubayt) 

May 04, 2020


Yahoo News published an article about how the COVID-19 health crisis has caused a hunger crisis. IFPRI warned that, if the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) drops 5 percent due to the coronavirus disaster, then 147 million people will fall into extreme poverty. Senior Research Fellow David Laborde Debucquet said that would include 50 percent of the population (79 million people) in sub-Saharan Africa, and 42 million living in Southeast Asia. Republished by CBS News,  WTOPPars Today (Kenya), NewsbeezerDaily MagazineAhlubayt (Iran’s Swahili publication), and several other major international media outlets. 

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