John Hoddinott is a Nonresident Fellow in the Poverty Health and Nutrition Division. He is also H.E. Babcock Professor of Food & Nutrition Economics and Policy, Cornell University. He was formerly a deputy director of the Poverty Health and Nutrition Division of IFPRI. A Canadian citizen, Hoddinott holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Toronto, an M.A. from York University and a D.Phil. in Economics from the University of Oxford.
His principal research interest lies in the microeconometric analysis of issues in development economics. John is especially interested in the causes of poverty, food insecurity and undernutrition, and the design and evaluation of interventions that would reduce these. Much of his current research has focused on the determinants and consequences of human capital formation. This builds on his earlier work on modeling the processes of intra-household resource allocation and on labor markets. John has also had involvement in discussions surrounding aid flows, responses to the 2008 food price crisis and reforms to the global food security architecture such as the Food Aid Convention.
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