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Emmanuel Skoufias is a Lead Economist at the Poverty Reduction Group of the World Bank. Mr. Skoufias has published more than 35 articles in economic journals and he specializes on impact evaluation, targeting, poverty measurement, urban and rural labor markets, land tenancy issues, and the role of risk mitigation and insurance in poverty alleviation. Other experience at the Bank includes a senior appointment at the Poverty and Gender Group in the Latin American and Carribean Region, where he worked on poverty and impact evaluation issues in Brazil, Mexico, and Guyana, and he co-directed two regional research projects, one on the redistributive role of public transfers in LAC, and another on Economic Opportunities for Indigenous Peoples in LAC. Prior to joining the World Bank, Mr. Skoufias worked at the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) where he led a project evaluating the Education, Health, and Nutrition Program (PROGRESA) of the Government of Mexico. His academic experience includes appointments as an associate professor at the Economics Institute and the Economics Department of the University of Colorado at Boulder, and as an assistant professor of Economics at the Pennsylvania State University. Mr. Skoufias earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota (1988) and his B.A. degree in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley (1981).