Agnes Quisumbing

Agnes Quisumbing is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). She co-leads a research program that examines how closing the gap between men’s and women’s ownership and control of assets may lead to better development outcomes. Her research interests include poverty, gender, property rights, and economic mobility.

Content authored by Agnes Quisumbing

Big Question: Responses
November 17, 2015
The ingredients for strengthening women's land rights
Strengthening women’s land rights reminds me of a sandwich. At the top, you need legal institutions that guarantee women’s rights to own property, inherit, and to a fair distribution in case of divorce or widowhood. The bottom of the sandwich is women’s knowledge of their own legal rights. Without the top and the bottom, the land rights “sandwich” falls apart.
- Agnes Quisumbing
Blog Post
Blog Post
November 02, 2015
Science on the Pulse: 10 essential reads on gender and land tenure
What are we actually talking about when we refer to women’s land rights? Here’s what the research is showing us: ten papers from IFPRI authors and partners highlight what we know and what we don’t know - but really should! - about gender and land tenure.
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Blog Post
Blog Post
October 15, 2015
Gender and Sustainability: A Matter of Balance
Rumor has it that women are naturally the more environmentally conscious sex. As “keepers of the earth” they are the ones who selflessly care for the planet and are the ones who will bear the disproportionate burden as it is degraded. But is this really true?
World Food Day and International Day of Rural Women