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Doreen Kufoalor is a Research Officer with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.

Neha Kumar is a Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit at IFPRI. Neha is an economist by training and has an accumulated expertise that spans the diverse sectors of agriculture, social protection, gender, and nutrition-focused programs. Since joining IFPRI, she has been involved in several complex […]

Devendra Kumar is a Data Manager with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.

Dr Anjani Kumar is currently a Senior Research Fellow at International Food Policy Research Institute, South Asia Office, New Delhi. He received his Ph.D. (1999) and Masters (1992) in Dairy Economics from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India. Before joining to IFPRI, he was Principal Scientist (Agricultural Economics) at the […]

Sikandra Kurdi is a Research Fellow and Country Program Leader for Egypt in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. Her dissertation work looked at the impacts of Labor Intensive Public Works program in Yemen on household incomes and the use of store credit for coping with shocks. She completed her […]

Jordan Kyle is a Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit at IFPRI. Her research focuses on how to strengthen delivery of aid programs and public services, as well as on governance, voice, and democratization more broadly. She has a special interest in understanding how implementation shapes trust […]

Isabel Lambrecht is a Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, with a research focus and publication record on land tenure and women’s empowerment. She employs both quantitative and qualitative research methods and is experienced in both data collection as well as econometric analysis […]

Jessica Leight is a Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. Her research focuses on questions linked to social protection, multifaceted livelihoods interventions, agriculture, gender, health, and structural transformation. She conducts fieldwork in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Somalia, and Mozambique. Before joining IFPRI, Jessica […]

Jef Leroy is a Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, where he studies the impact of nutrition-sensitive agriculture and social protection programs on maternal and child nutrition. His evaluation studies use experimental designs combined with process evaluations and costing studies. Jef currently works on the evaluation […]

Stephanie Levy is a Nonresident Fellow with the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit.