Emmanuel Skoufias is a Lead Economist at the World Bank working on poverty and distributional issues.  He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota and prior to joining the Bank he was faculty at the University of Colorado in Boulder and Pennsylvania State University, a Senior Researcher at the Inter-American Development Bank, and a Senior Research Fellowat the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) where he led the impact evaluation of the PROGRESA program of Mexico. Emmanuel has published papers in a variety of academic journals on the targeting of social programs, the impacts of transfer programs, child health and nutrition, the role of public transfers in redistributing income, land tenancy, regional welfare disparities, risk sharing, vulnerability, and the impacts of climate change on different dimensions of welfare. Currently he is co-leading the SecureNutrition Knowledge Platform that focuses on the linkages between agriculture, food security, and nutrition.