Conference on Fostering Growth and Reducing Poverty and Hunger in Asia and Latin America
The Conference on Fostering Growth and Reducing Poverty and Hunger in Asia and Latin America will be held in Swissotel, Lima, Peru on March 22-24, 2010. The conference is hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Universidad del Pacifico. Discussions in the conference will be on strategies to accelerate broad-based economic growth and catalyze further reductions in povery and hunger in both regions. Policymakers, development practitioners, and researchers from both regions will also discuss how and why certain development policy innovations worked or didn't work in Asia and Latin America and would identify key lessons to apply in their countries and regions.
For details contact m.macneil@cgiar.org. See the announcement for more details at http://www.ifpri.org/event/fostering-growth-and-reducing-poverty-and-hunger-asia-and-latin-america
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