John Pender leads IFPRI's research program on land resource management for poverty reduction. His research focuses on the impacts of policies, institutions and technologies on livelihood strategies, land management, agricultural production, poverty and natural resource sustainability in developing countries. His research has focused on the highlands of East Africa, hillsides of Central America and Indonesia, and drylands of West Africa and India. Pender joined IFPRI in 1995 after working as an assistant professor of economics at Brigham Young University. He received a Bachelor's degree from the California Institute of Technology, a Master's in public policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in agricultural and development economics from Stanford University. He is the author or coauthor of more than 50 peer-reviewed publications and was lead editor of the recent book Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands. He is a U.S. citizen.

• Land resource management for poverty reduction (sub-theme leader)

• Ethiopia
• Uganda
• Honduras
• India
• Niger
• Indonesia
• Central America
• East Africa
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• West Africa

• Strategies for sustainable land management in the East African highlands
  2006. J. Pender; Place, F.; Ehui, S. (eds.), IFPRI Book.
• Land lease markets and agricultural efficiency in Ethiopia
  2006. Pender, J.; Fafchamps, M. Journal of African Economies 15(2): 251-284.
• Collective action in community management of grazing lands: the case of the highlands of northern Ethiopia. Benin, S.; Pender, J.
  2006. Environment and Development Economics 11: 127-149.
• Rural development policies and sustainable land use in the hillside areas of Honduras: a quantitative livelihoods approach
  2006. Jansen, H.G.P.; Pender, J.; Damon, A.; Schipper, R. IFPRI Research Report No. 147, Washington, D.C.
• Soil fertility depletion in sub-Saharan Africa: What is the role of organic agriculture?
  2006. Pender, J.; Mertz, O. In Halberg, N., Alrøe, H.F., Knudsen, M.T. and Kristensen, E.S. (eds.) Global Development of Organic Agriculture: Challenges and Prospects. CABI Publishing.
• Policy analysis for sustainable land management and food security: a bio-economic model with market imperfections
  2005. Holden, S.; Shiferaw, B.; Pender, J. IFPRI Research Report No. 140. Washington, D.C.
• Trading off environmental sustainability for empowerment and income: Woodlot devolution in northern Ethiopia
  2005. Jagger, P.; Pender, J.; Gebremedhin, B. World Development 33(9): 1491-1510.
  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.10.010
• Development pathways for hillsides and highlands: some lessons from Central America and East Africa.
  2004. Pender, J. Food Policy 29: 339-367.
• Strategies to increase agricultural productivity and reduce land degradation: evidence from Uganda
  2004. Pender, J.; Nkonya, E.; Jagger, P.; Sserunkuuma, D.; Ssali, H. Agricultural Economics 31(2/3): 181-195.
  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agecon.2004.09.006
• Development pathways and land management in Uganda.
  2004. Pender, J.; Jagger, P.; Nkonya, E.; Sserunkuuma, D. World Development 32(5): 767-792.