Food security and economic development in the Middle East and North Africa: Current state and future perspectives

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dc.creatorBreisinger, Clemens
dc.creatorvan Rheenen, Teunis
dc.creatorRingler, Claudia
dc.creatorNin-Pratt, Alejandro
dc.creatorMinot, Nicholas
dc.creatorAragon, Catherine
dc.creatorYu, Bingxin
dc.creatorEcker, Olivier
dc.creatorZhu, Tingju
dc.date2010
dc.date2024-10-01T14:01:22Z
dc.date2024-10-01T14:01:22Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:39:03Z
dc.descriptionA rapidly changing world combined with mounting domestic challenges is prompting many Middle East and North African (MENA) countries to rethink their development models and to initiate economic and social reforms. Taking this new momentum as a starting point, this paper uses the concept of Food Security to identify the region's challenges along four major themes: economic growth and incomes, trade and infrastructure, agriculture and water, and health and education. Results show that many of the region's longstanding challenges persist; yet taking immediate action is more urgent in light of the recent, global food, fuel, and financial crisis and projected severe impacts of climate change. Fostering development and achieving food security will require economic growth and diversification that generates jobs for the majority of people, breaking the strong vulnerability to international oil and food price volatility, managing depleting water resources and climate change adaptation effectively, transforming social policies to target the poor, and empowering women to play a more active role in the economy and society. Designing policies and investments for achieving progress in this direction are most likely to be successful if based on lessons from the past, successful countries' experiences and research-based strategic analysis. The paper therefore concludes with a list of priority research areas to identify key actions to be taken on regional, national and sub-national levels to foster development and food security.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/154412
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/110592
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBreisinger, Clemens; van Rheenen, Teunis; Ringler, Claudia; Nin-Pratt, Alejandro; Minot, Nicholas; Aragon, Catherine; Yu, Bingxin; Ecker, Olivier; Zhu, Tingju. 2010. Food security and economic development in the Middle East and North Africa: Current state and future perspectives. IFPRI Discussion Paper 985. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154412
dc.subjecteconomic development
dc.subjectgrowth
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectwater
dc.subjecttrade
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectreforms
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectgender
dc.titleFood security and economic development in the Middle East and North Africa: Current state and future perspectives
dc.typeWorking Paper

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