Manuel Hernandez is a Senior Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit of IFPRI. He has more than 20 years of experience in diverse projects in Latin America, Africa, and Asia on development issues related to agricultural and labor markets, food security and nutrition, industrial organization and regulation, price analysis, and the informal economy. His current line of research focuses on impact evaluation linked to rural development and food security projects, migration, functioning of oligopoly markets and value chains, and price volatility. He received his PhD in Economics from Texas A&M University and also holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Universidad del Pacifico, Lima.
Languages spoken: English, Spanish
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Recent Blogs
* Forced migration: Policy responses to improve outcomes • Jun 20, 2023
* No end in sight yet for the global food price crisis • Sep 27, 2022
* COVID-19 and rising global food prices: What’s really happening? • Feb 11, 2022
* Rising food prices are a concern but no reason for panic yet • Jun 28, 2021
- 2014 Wageningen Social Sciences Publication Award for “Do energy prices stimulate food price volatility? Examining volatility transmission between US oil, ethanol and corn markets,” coauthored with Cornelis Gardebroek.
- Graduate Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, 2008.
- Maurice Fellowship, Excellence in Graduate Studies, Texas A&M University, Summer 2008.
- Fulbright Scholarship for graduate studies 2004 – 2006, Lima, Peru