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Alimatou Diop is the Human Resources and Administrative Officer at the IFPRI Dakar office. She has more than 10 years of administrative and human resources experience working at IFPRI, including administrative tasks such as organizing meetings, seminars, and workshops, events planning, large external events, and hotel and travel arrangements, as […]

Nelly Djuazon is a Research Analyst in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, based in Dakar, Senegal. Alongside her teammates, she works on projects that tackle food security and accessible and healthy diets. Before joining IFPRI, Nelly worked at the Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research (ISRA), where she contributed to […]

Sofia Dominguez is a Research Analyst with the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit.

Paul A. Dorosh is a Research Fellow Emeritus in the Director General’s Office. He was previously the Division Director of IFPRI’s Development Strategy and Governance Unit from April 2011 until October 2024. Before that, his previous positions include IFPRI Senior Research Fellow and Program Leader of the Ethiopia Strategy Support […]

Monica Dourado is the Human Resources Director at IFPRI. She has over 15 years of international human resources experience in the nonprofit environment. She has significant experience in talent acquisition, field office HR operations, employee relations, onboarding, performance management, hosting agreements, labor law compliance, and HR management. She has also […]

Jan Duchoslav is a Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Lilongwe, Malawi. He conducts research and outreach activities to support development policies in the areas of food security, social protection, resilience, and rural transformation. Jan has worked in Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Uganda, and Malawi. He […]

Olivier Ecker is a Senior Research Fellow in the Foresight and Policy Modeling unit in Washington, DC. Olivier leads the unit’s workstream on Consumer Behavior and Dietary Change. His research focuses on demand-side issues of food systems transformation, resilience building, and crisis response in African, Asian, and Middle Eastern countries. […]

Hnin Ei Win is a Research Analyst with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.

Hagar ElDidi is a Senior Research Analyst in the Agrifood Innovation and Resilience Unit. Her research centers on institutional economics, particularly community-based governance of natural resources. Her work involves exploring the potential of behavioral games and experiential learning packages for sustainable governance of water resources; understanding important aspects of inclusive […]

Luis Escalante is an Associate Research Fellow in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit. His research interests include the impacts of climate change, gender inequalities, poverty reduction, and food security. Before joining IFPRI, Luis worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Minho, Portugal. He holds a bachelor’s […]