Mr. Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla
Head of IFPRI’s Latin American and Caribbean Program
Mr. Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla is the Head of the Latin American and Caribbean Program at IFPRI. He joined IFPRI as a visiting Senior Research Fellow in 2012 and in 2017 he was named Head of the LAC Program. He has more than 40 years of professional experience working on development and poverty issues, including grass-roots work, academic activities, consulting work, and positions of institutional leadership in international organizations and governments. He has resided and worked for extended periods in different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and has acted as consultant and staff member with several international organizations: United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA), Organization of American States (OAS), and World Bank. Mr. Diaz-Bonilla served as a member of the Board of Executive Directors of the IADB for almost nine years, and occupied leadership positions as Chairman and Vice Chairman of several Board Committees responsible for the governance of the Bank.