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Who we are

With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

Ruth Meinzen-Dick

Ruth Meinzen-Dick is a Senior Research Fellow in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit. She has extensive transdisciplinary research experience in using qualitative and quantitative research methods. Her work focuses on two broad (and sometimes interrelated) areas: how institutions affect how people manage natural resources, and the role of gender in development processes. 

Where we work

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Where we work

IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

The Institute of Peruvian Studies (Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, IEP) is a social sciences research center that specializes in independent, pluralistic and interdisciplinary study of Peru and Latin America. Since its founding, the IEP has been recognized for its achievements in the field of social studies and has contributed significantly to the discussion of issues that are crucial for the country’s development. Through its research and dissemination of social studies of Peru and other Latin American countries, it seeks to contribute to equitable economic development, the strengthening of democratic institutions and recognition of the richness of cultural diversity.

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