Agnes Quisumbing is an economist who leads a global research program on gender and assets at the International Food Policy Research Institute. She previously led a multi-country research program that examined how differences in bargaining power within households affect individual and household wellbeing, among other issues. She has worked on gender and land issues in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia and her native Philippines.
Why should the world care about women’s right to land? The answer is actually very simple, writes Agnes Quisumbing, senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute.
