Claudia Ringler, a citizen of Germany, joined IFPRI in 1996. Her research interests are water resources management--in particular, river basin management--and agricultural and natural resource policies for developing countries. Moreover, she is undertaking work on adaptation to climate change and enhanced rural water quality management. Claudia co-leads IFPRI’s water research group and also leads Theme 5 on the Global and National Food and Water System of the Challenge Program on Water and Food. Claudia received a B.A. in business management (ESB) from Germany and Spain, an M.A. in international and development economics from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Bonn University.

• Water Resource Allocation: Productivity and Environmental Impacts
• IMPACT Special Project: Global Trends in Food Supply and Demand
• CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food -- Theme 5: The Global and National Food and Water System

• Africa
• Asia
• Latin America
• Vietnam
• Ghana
• Chile
• Indonesia
• South Africa
• Ethiopia

• Water Reallocation: Drivers, challenges, threats, and solutions for the poor
  2008. Meinzen-Dick, R.; Ringler, C. Journal of Human Development 9:1, 47 – 64.
  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649880701811393
• Balancing agricultural and environmental water needs in China: alternative scenarios and policy options
  2007. Cai, X.; Ringler, C. Water Policy Vol 9(S1):95–108.
  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2007.047
• Water Allocation Policy Modeling for the Dong Nai River Basin: An Integrated Perspective
  2006. Ringler, C.; Huy, N.V.; Msangi, S. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 42(6): 1465-1482.
• Modeling Water Resources Management at the Basin Level: Methodology and Application to the Maipo River Basin
  2006. Cai, X.; Ringler, C.; Rosegrant, M.W. IFPRI Research Report No. 149.
• Water rights reform: Lessons for institutional design
  2005. Bruns, B.; Ringler, C.; Meinzen-Dick, R. (eds.) Washington, D.C.: IFPRI.
• Changes in nature's balance sheet: model-based estimates of future worldwide ecosystem services
  2005. Alcamo, J.; van Vuren, D.; Ringler, C.; Cramer, W.; Masui, T.; Alder, J.; Schulze, K. Ecology and Society 10(2): 19 [online]
• Macro Policies and Investment Priorities for Irrigated Agriculture in Vietnam
  2004. Barker, R.; Ringler, C.; Tien, N.M.; Rosegrant, M.W. Comprehensive Assessment Research Report No. 6. Sri Lanka: IWMI.
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• Water policy analysis for the Mekong River Basin
  2004. Ringler, C.; von Braun, J.; Rosegrant, M.W. Water International 29(1): 30-42.
• Optimal Allocation and Use of Water Resources in the Mekong River Basin: Multi-Country and Intersectoral Analyses
  2001. Ringler, C. Development Economics and Policy Series. Vol. 20. Peter Lang.
• Impact on Food Security and Rural Development of Transferring Water out of Agriculture
  1998. Rosegrant, M.W.; Ringler, C. Water Policy 1(6): 567-586.