Eduardo Maruyama is a Research Coordinator in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. He first joined IFPRI as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Currently, he works on improving market access for smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa through rural producer organizations (RPOs) as well as analyzing how valuable information flows from children to their parents and its potential as a policy tool in Peru. His past work focused on risk-coping strategies of the poor in developing countries and on combining economic theory, applied econometrics, and spatial analysis to develop typologies of rural communities for policy formulation. Before joining IFPRI, Eduardo worked as a Professor of Economics at the Universidad del Pacifico Graduate School and as an Assistant Researcher in the Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) in Peru. Eduardo was also a Fulbright Scholar. He earned a PhD in Economics in the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Languages spoken: English, Spanish