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With research staff from more than 70 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

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David Spielman is the director of IFPRI’s Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit and has been with the institute since 2004. His research agenda covers a range of topics including agriculture and rural development policy; agricultural science, technology, and innovation; plant genetic resources and seed systems; agricultural extension and advisory services; and community-driven rural development.

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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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IFPRI currently has more than 480 employees working in over 70 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

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    Aklima Parvin

    Senior Project Manager

    Aklima Parvin is a Senior Project Manager in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, based in Dhaka. She has more than 19 years of program management experience in planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating large-scale, complex, integrated nutrition-sensitive agriculture and social protection projects in Bangladesh. She has worked on nutrition and […]


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    Karl Pauw

    Senior Research Fellow

    Karl Pauw is a Senior Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit based in Washington, DC, where he co-leads the country modeling team, and works on a wide range of development and agricultural policy issues. He previously led IFPRI’s country programs in Accra, Ghana (2018–2020), and Lilongwe, Malawi […]


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    Flor Paz

    Senior Research Analyst

    Flor Paz is a Senior Research Analyst with the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit.


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    Cynthia Paz

    Senior Research Analyst

    Cynthia Paz is a Senior Research Analyst with the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit.


  • Valeria Piñeiro

    Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)

    Valeria Piñeiro is the Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and Senior Research Coordinator in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. Her recent work includes modeling the impacts of agricultural support policies on emissions from agriculture and reviewing the evidence on incentives for the adoption of sustainable […]


  • Leigh Plummer

    Senior Library and Information Specialist

    Leigh Plummer is a Senior Library and Information Specialist in the Communications and Public Affairs Unit based in Washington, DC. She manages the CGSpace-IFPRI Repository and the research outreach efforts. She tracks usage of IFPRI’s research and reports this information internally. She received a Bachelors of Art degree from DePauw […]


  • Olufemi Popoola

    Research Analyst

    Olufemi Adebola Popoola is a Research Analyst in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Abuja, Nigeria. He is also a member of the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).He is skilled in research design, data collection and analysis, report writing, and research-policy linkages. His research interests focus on […]


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    Angga Pradesha

    Senior Scientist

    Angga Pradesha is a Senior Scientist in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit. His research interests center around the application of economywide models on issues related to international trade, climate change, natural resources, poverty, and food security. Prior to joining IFPRI, he worked as a Research Associate at the Asian […]


  • Mamata Pradhan

    Research Coordinator

    Mamata Pradhan is a Research Coordinator in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in India. She is a scholar in development researching social protection programs. Her work portfolio involves large-scale multi-country and multi-stakeholder projects in the South Asia Region. She helped develop an integrated framework for trade, environment, and […]


  • Kemit Price

    Senior Program Manager

    Kemit Price is a Senior Program Manager with the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit.