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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.


Md. Aminul Islam Khandaker

Senior Database Manager

Bio

Md. Aminul Islam Khandaker is a Senior Database Manager in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. He joined IFPRI in 1991 and has contributed to IFPRI’s work in Bangladesh under the Bangladesh Food Policy Project and the Bangladesh Policy Research and Strategy Support Program (PRSSP). Amin leads database management for all secondary data related to agriculture, food, education, health, rural development, and environment, and contributes to data analysis. Amin also supervises field surveys throughout rural Bangladesh. Before joining IFPRI, he worked with the World Bank, Data Analysis and Technical Assistance, Plan International, Chemonics International, and Sheladia Associates. He received his master’s degree in Political Science from Dhaka University.


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