Ruth Meinzen-Dick
Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
International Food Policy Research Institute
2033 K St, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Titles
- Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
Biography
Ruth Meinzen-Dick joined the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in 1989. She is Coordinator of the CGIAR program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi). Her research deals with water resource management, land, forests, property rights, collective action, and the impact of agricultural research on poverty. She leads IFPRI’s Gender Task Force and co-leads work on strengthening women’s assets. Much of her research has been in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
A citizen of the United States, Meinzen-Dick was raised in India. She received her Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in development sociology from Cornell University and her B.A. in anthropology from Washington University.
Education
- PhD, Development Sociology, Cornell University, 1989
- MS, Development Sociology, Cornell University, 1983
- BA (magna cum laude), Anthropology, Washington University, 1981
External Links
Journal Articles
2018
Meinzen-Dick, R., M. A. Janssen, S. Kandikuppa, R. Chaturvedi, K. Rao and S. Theis. 2018. Playing games to save water: Collective action games for groundwater management in Andhra Pradesh, India. World Development 107(Jul):40-53. DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.02.006. (link )
Working Papers
2018
Shelton, R., M. A. Janssen and R. Meinzen-Dick. 2018. Measuring learning from interventions through participatory processes. #CBIE-2018-004.