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Ruerd Ruben

Ruerd Ruben

Organisation: Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) and Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen (CIDIN), Radboud University Nijmegen Website: Personal profile at Radboud University Nijmegen Development economist, is director of the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and professor at the Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen (CIDIN) of Radboud University. Fields of expertise include impact evaluation of development interventions, poverty reduction, farmer organisation, rural development, and the role of smal and medium enterprises in (inter)national trade networks.

Maximizing the impact of food security

Food security is about making the right choices for food insecure people. Many interventions have had an impact on these people’s lives, but with significant differences in costs and benefits.

Too much, too quickly

Budget support is a relatively new, yet already widely criticized, phenomenon. However, despite a lack of evidence of its impact on poverty reduction, it is too early to write it off. Budget support is likely to have a significant long-term impact in some partner countries.

Ruerd Ruben: WRR rapport vergeet armoedeanalyse
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