John Hoddinott originally joined IFPRI as a research fellow in 1997 and since 2002 has been a Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division. His overall research focus is on the design and impact of policies and programs to reduce poverty and malnutrition. His research interests lie principally in the microeconometric analysis of the determinants of health and the long-term consequences of early childhood malnutrition and poverty. He also has interests in the causes of poverty and vulnerability, the determinants of human capital formation, intrahousehold resource allocation, the operation of labor markets and the design of anti-poverty interventions. Before joining IFPRI he held university appointments in Canada and the United Kingdom, including a University Lectureship in Economics and Fellowship at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. A Canadian citizen, Hoddinott holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Toronto, an M.A. from York University and a D.Phil. in Economics from the University of Oxford.