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Panel: Did COVID-19 Accelerate Empowered and Informed Decision-Making in Food Security Activities?
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This event was a session at the Food Security COVID-19 Learning Event.
During this session, panelists:
- Shared diverse institutional perspectives on how the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated empowered and informed decision making
- Discussed the impact of devolved and decentralized decision making on programmatic implementation and design
- Discussed the institutional COVID-19 decision-making practices and principles that should be solidified in the years to come.
Speakers
Luca Russo, Team Leader in Office of Emergency and Resilience, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Dan Gilligan, Deputy Director of Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Arif Rashid, Division Chief (acting), Design, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Applied Learning (DMEAL) Division, USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance