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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.
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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.
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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.
José Luis Torres Chávez is a Research Analyst in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, based in Washington, DC. José Luis currently works on an initiative designed to achieve healthy diets, good nutrition, and health in Tanzania and Sri Lanka. He specializes in quantitative research and has worked on issues related to poverty, social protection, women’s empowerment, and food environments.
José Luis, a Mexican citizen, holds a BA in economics and an MA in applied economics from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Mexico.
Languages: Spanish, English