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John Hoddinott is the H.E. Babcock Professor of Food and Nutrition Economics and Policy at Cornell University’s Nutritional Sciences Department (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) and a Professor in the Department of Global Development. He also serves as a Nonresident Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). His research focuses on poverty, hunger, and undernutrition in developing countries, particularly the interplay between economics (social protection, agriculture, gender), food security, and early life nutrition. He leads projects in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Guatemala, including evaluations of large-scale social protection programs like Brazil’s Bolsa Familia and Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme.
Education: PhD in Economics (University of Oxford, 1989), MA (York University, 1986), BA (University of Toronto, 1984). He has lived in rural Kenya, Mali, and multiple other countries to conduct fieldwork, emphasizing primary data collection. His work has been cited in major media outlets such as the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
Research interests include poverty dynamics, intrahousehold resource allocation, and the design of interventions to reduce food insecurity. His recent studies analyze the sustainability of social assistance impacts in Bangladesh and Ethiopia, including long-term effects on consumption, poverty, and gender-based violence.
Funding and Grants: Received Polson Institute grants for global development initiatives (2022), focusing on systemic inequality and environmental justice. Collaborates with institutions like IFPRI and Cornell’s Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management.
Labs/Teams: Active in the Transfer Modality Research Initiative (Bangladesh), Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL) project, and evaluations of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme. Teaches courses such as NS 4480: Economics of Food and Malnutrition and AEM 7650: Development Microeconomics Research Seminar.
