Institute of Development Studies

Biography

Lawrence Haddad is the Director of the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex. He is an economist and his main research interests are at the intersection of poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition. He was formerly Director of the International Food Policy Research Institute's Food Consumption and Nutrition Division and Lecturer in Development Economics at the University of Warwick. His field research has been in the Philippines, India and South Africa. He has a PhD from Stanford University. An economist, he was selected for the latest Who's Who in Economics (Elgar).

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Selected Projects and Recent Work

• Accelerating Progress in Reducing Hunger and Undernutrition
• Analysing Nutrition Governance
• ALINe
• Global Food and Farming Futures – Lead Expert Group
• Aid for Nutrition - How Much is Being Invested?

Thematic Expertise

Children and Youth; Food Security; Gender; Poverty.

Geographic Expertise

Central and South Asia; South Africa.

Selected Publications »»

• Haddad, L., Hossain, N., McGregor, J. A. and Mehta, L. (2011) 'Time to Reimagine Development', IDS Bulletin 42.5, Brighton: IDS
• Henson, S., Lindstrom, J. and Haddad, L. with Mulmi, R. (2010) 'Public Perceptions of International Development and Support for Aid in the UK: Results of a Qualitative Enquiry', IDS Working Paper 353, Brighton: IDS
• Pinto, Y., Haddad, L., Bonbright, D. and Lindstrom., J assisted by Atugba, E. (2010) 'People-centred M&E: Aligning Incentives So Agriculture Does More to Reduce Hunger', IDS Bulletin 41.6, Brighton: IDS
• Godfray, H.C.J., Beddington, J.R., Crute, I.R., Haddad, L., Lawrence, D., Muir, J.F., Nisbett, N., Robinson, S., Toulmin, C. and Whiteley, R. (2010) 'The Future of the Global Food System', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 365.1554:2769-77, London: Royal Society Publishing
• Henson, S., Lindstrom, J. and Haddad, L. with Mulmi, R. (2010) 'Public Perceptions of International Development and Support for Aid in the UK: Results of a Qualitative Enquiry' , Brighton: IDS
• Godfray, H.C.J., Beddington, J.R., Crute, I.R., Haddad, L., Lawrence, D., Muir, J.F., Pretty, J., Robinson, S., Thomas, S.M. and Toulmin, C. (2010) 'Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People', Science 327:812-18
• Sabates-Wheeler, R., Jolly, R., Haddad, L. and Eyben, R. (2009) 'Growth Diagnostics: A New Binding Constraint to Poverty Reduction?', IDS InFocus Policy Briefing 11.3, Brighton: IDS
• Haddad, L., Sumner, A., Lindstrom, J. et al (2008) 'Improving the nutrition status of children and women', id21 Insights 73, Brighton: IDS
• Haddad, L. (2008) 'Development Narratives: Recent Trends and Future Needs', IDS In Focus 3.13, Brighton: IDS
• Haddad, L. and Geissler, C. (2008) 'Food and nutrition policies and interventions'
• Sumner, A. with Haddad, L. and Gomez-Climent, L. (2008) 'Rethinking Inter-Generational Transmission(s): Does a Wellbeing Lens Help?'
• Sumner, A., Lindstrom, J. and Haddad, L. (2007) 'Greater DFID and EC Leadership on Chronic Malnutrition: Opportunities and Constraints'
• Haddad, L. and Knowles, C. (2007) 'Reinventing Development Research', IDS Bulletin 38.2, Brighton: IDS
• Sabates-Wheeler, R., Haddad, L. and Chopra, D. (2005) 'Risk and Vulnerability: Case Studies of Practical Country-Level Instruments and Approaches Used by Different Agencies' , Brighton: OECD Publishing
• Scoones, I., deGrassi, A., Devereux, S. and Haddad, L. (2005) 'New Directions for African Agriculture', IDS Bulletin 36.2, Brighton: IDS