WORKING GROUP

Salah Arafa (facilitator)Focal point of river nile and red sea

Clemens Breisinger (Doc.)

Ahmed Abd-Alla Glala

Christo Hilan

Ali Darwish

Zubiery Ibrahim

Habib Amamou

Zeinab Seoudie

Jad Isaac

Omar Elbadawy

Source: IFPRI, based on POVNET 2009

Poverty can be reduced with

agricultural- and non agricultural

means

poverty and socio –economic Policy

Issue Development impact

Time frame

Frame focus

Order

1- Risk and vulnerability

H S-M All 1

2- Social policy and safety net

H S Ultra poor 2

3- Food security and trade strategy

H S All 3

4- The role of women

M L All 4

5- Agric Investments

H M All 5

6- Conflict and post conf resolution

H L All 6

7- Local governance

H S All 7

8- Opportunities and challenge

H S Poor 8

Constraints and barriers Proposed measures to increase development impact

New actors and partnerships required

to deliver development impact

Lack of functioning institutions

Make research policy more relevant Community base organization

Researchers and NGOs

Data sharing and accessibility

Legislation to make information accessibility

All stakeholders

Weak Agric. Technology transfer and adoption

Create centers of excellence Scientific parks

researchers

insufficient Funding Social corporate responsibility Increase the governmental budget for poverty research

Gov

Poor communication between researchers and decision makers

Develop a system for knowledge disseminations

NARS Gov