IFPRI Director General Wins EAAE Book Award for 2019

IFPRI Director General, Johan Swinnen, has been awarded the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) Book Award for 2019. The book, The Political Economy of Agricultural and Food Policies offers an accessible introduction to the political economy of agricultural economics and food policies. It presents both theoretical arguments and empirical evidence; documents major changes and variations in agricultural and food policies; blends a firm analytical grasp of welfare economics principles with a nuanced understanding of how ideology drives political economy; and emphasizes the importance of interactions between institutions and economic and political forces.