The 2020 Conference at a Glance
The 2020 Conference at a Glance
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Highlights from the Third Day
Closing Session
Video and Presentation
Concluding remarks by IFPRI Director General,
Joachim von Braun
Presentation (PDF 81K)
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Plenary Keynote Addresses
Presentations and summaries available on the program page.
The World's Most Deprived
Are development programs reaching those most in need? The World's Most Deprived: Characteristics and Causes of Extreme Poverty and Hunger, a new study released at the conference, asks who the poorest are and identifies policies to help the poorest move out of poverty.
Highlights from the Second Day
Way Forward Statement
Taking
Action for the World's Poor and Hungry People: IFPRI's Call for A Way
Forward
IFPRI issues synthesis of conclusions to stimulate international debate on
the way forward and action.
Putting a Spotlight on "Invisible" Groups
Marginalized people—disabled people, women, minorities, and indigenous peoples—are among those who are most entrenched in poverty, but they often don't show up in poverty statistics and analysis.
Report on Conference Blog
Reactions from Conference Participants
Video interviews on the blog
"How can social security schemes be designed for low income countries to effectively provide for the poorest?" - Fezile Makiwane
"The need to focus on rural people and agriculture increases" - Peter McPherson
Highlights from the First Day
Opening Ceremony
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's message to the
conference, read on his behalf by Khalid Malik, declared "our global
scorecard is mixed. The proportion of people living on less than a dollar a
day has fallen, and we remain on track to meet the MDG target of halving
extreme poverty. But progress has been uneven, and some regions --
particularly sub-Saharan Africa -- are not on track to redeem even a single
one of our grand promises."
Statement in English (PDF 99K)
Statement in Chinese (PDF 120K)
Report on Conference Blog
Hui Liangyu, Vice-Premier, State Council of the People's
Republic of China
Video on Conference Blog
Lennart Bage, President of IFAD
Summary of speech (PDF 108K)
Ernest Debrah, Minister of Food and Agriculture, Ghana
Video on Conference Blog
Joachim von Braun, Director General of IFPRI
Video on Conference Blog
Summary of speech (PDF 118K)
Parallel Sessions
The parallel session, "Creating and Enhancing Assets of the Rural Poor," featured Fazle Abed, founder and chairperson of BRAC, Microfinance programs help poorest of the poor. See report on Conference Blog.
See the program for the first day's presentations and speaker summaries.