Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow in the Director General’s Office. He is also Special Advisor, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA).  He originally joined IFPRI in 2012, and was named Head of the Latin America and Caribbean Program in 2017.

Dr. Díaz-Bonilla has more than 40 years of professional experience working on development and poverty issues through grassroots work, academic activities, consulting, and positions of institutional leadership in international organizations and governments. He has resided and worked in different Latin American and Caribbean countries for extended periods and has acted as a consultant and staff member with several international organizations: IICA, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Organization of American States (OAS), and the World Bank. He has extensive experience as an advisor and consultant to governments in different developing countries on macroeconomic and trade policies, poverty alleviation, and food security programs, and extensive involvement in project preparation, financing, and implementation in developing countries, mainly on agricultural and rural development operations. He has led diplomatic and negotiating activities as a Senior Diplomat for Argentina, focusing on agricultural trade issues in bilateral, regional, and multilateral negotiations. Dr. Díaz-Bonilla served as a member of the Board of Executive Directors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) for almost nine years, as well as occupying leadership positions as Chairman and Vice Chairman of several Board Committees responsible for the governance of IADB. In 2017, he was elected Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine of Argentina.

Highlights of Dr. Díaz-Bonilla’s recent IFPRI food policy research in Latin America and the Caribbean are found here: English Version and Spanish Version. He received master’s degrees in Economics and International Relations, and a PhD in Economics from Johns Hopkins University.

Languages spoken: English, Spanish, Portuguese