John Hoddinott originally joined IFPRI as a research fellow in 1997 and since 2002 has been a Senior Research Fellow in the Food Consumption and Nutrition Division. His overall research focus is on the design and impact of policies and programs to reduce poverty and malnutrition. His research interests lie principally in the microeconometric analysis of the determinants of health and the long-term consequences of early childhood malnutrition and poverty. He also has interests in the causes of poverty and vulnerability, the determinants of human capital formation, intrahousehold resource allocation, the operation of labor markets and the design of anti-poverty interventions. Before joining IFPRI he held university appointments in Canada and the United Kingdom, including a University Lectureship in Economics and Fellowship at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. 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.

• Pathways from poverty
• Evaluating nutrition related programs

• Ethiopia
• Guatemala
• Zimbabwe

• Program evaluation with unobserved heterogeneity and selective implementation: The Mexican Progresa impact on child nutrition
  J. Hoddinott and J. Behrman. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics Forthcoming.
• Labor force participation and income among young Guatemalan adults
  J. Hoddinott, J. Behrman and R. Martorell Food and Nutrition Bulletin vol 26 (2, Supplement 1), pp. S98-S109. 2005.
• Physical activity level, dietary habits, and alcohol and tobacco use among a cohort of young Guatemalan adults
  J. Hoddinott, A.D. Stein, C. Gregory, R. Martorell, U. Ramakrishnan, and M. Ramirez-Zea Food and Nutrition Bulletin vol 26 (2, Supplement 1), pp. S78-S87. 2005.
• Physical fitness, body composition, blood pressure, and blood metabolic profile among a cohort of Guatemalan adults
  J. Hoddinott, M. Ramirez-Zea, P. Melgar, R. Flores, U. Ramakrishnan and A.D. Stein Food and Nutrition Bulletin vol 26 (2, Supplement 1), pp. S88-S97. 2005.
• The impact of PROGRESA on food consumption
  J. Hoddinott and E. Skoufias. Economic Development and Cultural Changevol. 53, pp. 37-61. October, 2004.
• Targeting outcomes redux
  Hoddinott, J.; Coady, D.; Grosh, M. World Bank Research Observer. 19: 61-85. 2004.
• Determinants of Canadian bilateral aid: Humanitarian, commercial or political?
  Hoddinott, J.; Macdonald, R. Canadian Journal of Economics. 37(2): 294-312 2004.
• Nutrition, malnutrition and economic growth
  Hoddinott, J.; Alderman, H.; Behrman, J. In Health and economic growth: Findings and policy implications, G. López-Casasnovas, B. Rivera and L. Currais (eds.). Cambridge MA: MIT Press. 2004.
• Health, shocks and poverty persistence
  Hoddinott, J.; Dercon, S. In Insurance against poverty S. Dercon (ed.)Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
• Ex ante actions and ex post public responses to drought shocks: Evidence and simulations from Zimbabwe
  Hoddinott, J.; Owens, T.; Kinsey, B. World Development, vol. 31, pp. 1239-1256. 2003.
• The impact of agricultural extension on farm production in resettlement areas of Zimbabwe
  Hoddinott, J.; Owens, T.; Kinsey, B. Economic Development and Cultural Change, vol. 51, pp 337-358. 2003.
• Participation and poverty reduction: An analytical framework and overview of the issues
  Journal of African Economies, vol. 11, pp. 144-166. 2002.