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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.

Agnes Quisumbing

Agnes Quisumbing is a Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. She co-leads a research program that examines how closing the gap between men’s and women’s ownership and control of assets may lead to better development outcomes.

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.

Key WEAI Publications

WEAI Resource Center

Baseline Report

Measuring Progress Toward Empowerment: Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
Feed the Future/IFPRI/OPHI Report. May 2014

Peer-reviewed Publications

Using cognitive interviewing to improve the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index survey instruments: Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda
Hazel J. Malapit, Kathryn Sproule, and Chiara Kovarik
Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security (Agri-Gender) 2(2): 1-22 2017

Assessing the Cognitive Validity of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index Instrument in the Haiti Multi-Sectoral Baseline Survey
Kiersten B. Johnson and Pablo Diego-Rosell
Survey Practice 8(2) 2015

Discussion Papers

Empowerment and Agricultural Production: Evidence from Rural Households in Niger?
Fleur Wouterse
IFPRI Discussion Paper.February 2016

What dimensions of women’s empowerment in agriculture matter for nutrition-related practices and outcomes in Ghana?
Hazel Malapit and Agnes R. Quisumbing
IFPRI Discussion Paper. August 2014

Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture, Production Diversity and Nutrition: Evidence from Nepal
Hazel Malapit, Suneetha Kadiyala, Agnes R. Quisumbing, Kenda Cunningham and Parul Tyagi.
IFPRI Discussion Paper. December 2013

Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: What Role for Improving Food Security in Bangladesh?
Esha Sraboni, Hazel Malapit, Agnes Quisumbing and Akhter Ahmed.
IFPRI Discussion Paper. November 2013

The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
Sabina Alkire, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Amber Peterman, Agnes R. Quisumbing, Greg Seymour, and Ana Vaz.
IFPRI Discussion Paper. December 2012

Summary Brochure

Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
IFPRI. February 2012

Reflections

How I learned to stop worrying and love the Index
IFPRI. April 2012

Technical Report

The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI): Results from the 2011-2012 Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey