Ruerd Ruben
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
Ruerd Ruben , Ferko Bodnar | 01 February 2013
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
Antonie de Kemp, Stefan Leiderer , Ruerd Ruben | October 10, 2011
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...
Ruerd Ruben: WRR rapport vergeet armoedeanalyse
Ruerd Ruben | 20 January 2010
Het WRR Rapport 'Minder pretentie, meer ambitie' geeft een zorgvuldige samenvatting van een aantal centrale inzichten rondom de effectiviteit en organisatie van de (Nederlandse) ontwikkelingssamenwerking. Het is een waardevolle en genuanceerde stu...
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