Amber joined IFPRI in July 2009 and works primarily on cross-cutting gender and development related research including the strengthening women’s assets program. She has particular interest in linkages between population and development outcomes with a focus on women’s property and inheritance rights, maternal health, and human rights, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa. Amber received her Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her B.A. in Economics from the University of California, San Diego. Recent projects include primary data collection and field work in Guyana, Malawi, Kenya and South Africa in collaboration with the World Bank, Population Council and Inter-American Development Bank. Prior to graduate work, Peterman spent time living in Ghana and Cameroon volunteering for women’s micro credit and health education grass-roots NGOs.