The project is led by William Masters with Anna Herforth and a diverse team in the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, in partnership with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Development Data Group at the World Bank. We also receive funding from the FAO and other agencies, and collaborate actively with partners in countries such as Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania.
OUR TEAM:
- William Masters, Principal Investigator
- Anna Herforth, Co-Director
- Julia Matteson, Project Administrator
- Rachel Gilbert, Program officer & grad. researcher
- Kristina Sokourenko, Technical assistance lead
- Leah Costlow, Graduate researcher
- Elena Martinez, Graduate researcher
- Aishwarya Venkat, Graduate researcher
- Jessica Wallingford, Graduate researcher
- Derek Headey, Senior Research Fellow
- Harold Alderman, Senior Research Fellow
- Kalle Hirvonen, Senior Research Fellow
- David Laborde, Senior Research Fellow
- Will Martin, Senior Research Fellow
- Kalyani Raghunathan, Research Fellow
- Timothy Sulser, Senior Scientist
- Nada Hamadeh, Lead Economist and Program Manager
- Marko Rissanen, Senior Statistician
- Yan Bai, Economist
OTHER COLLABORATORS:
Tufts University: Steven Block, Jennifer Coates, Elena Naumova, Hallie Perlick, Patrick Webb, Robel Alemu, Kate Scheider, Alissa Ebel, Sarah Laves, Yurika Ueda, Natalie Volin, Maya Zamek
IFPRI Researchers: Fantu Bachewe, Lieven Huybregts, Gio Palloni, James Thurlow, Keith Wiebe
World Bank: Maurice Nsabimana, Inyoung Song, Rui Costa, Elizabeth Purdie
OUR FUNDERS:
This project is funded as INV-016158 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UKAid, through the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of the United Kingdom, with additional support from the Food and Agricultural Organization and other agencies.