Poverty, Hunger, Growth, and Social Protection: Are the Relationships Changing?
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Time: 13:00-14:30
Venue: Main meeting room, CMI, Fantoftvegen 38
Joachim von Braun has been director general of IFPRI since 2002. He guides and oversees the Institute's efforts to provide research-based sustainable solutions for ending hunger and malnutrition. Under his leadership, IFPRI has continued to grow, and has significantly expanded its teams based in Africa, Asia, and Latin America in response to research challenges and partners' needs.
Before coming to IFPRI, von Braun was director of the Center for Development Research (ZEF) and professor of Economics and Technological Change at the University of Bonn. He was also professor of Food Economics and Policy at Kiel University, Germany. He received his doctoral degree in agricultural economics from the University of Goettingen, Germany in 1978.
He has published research on international development economics topics, including science and technology; on policy issues relating to trade and aid, famine, health, and nutrition; and on a wide range of agricultural economics research issues. von Braun has worked in Sub-Saharan Africa, Central America, Egypt, Russia, and China.