John Hoddinott (born 11 October 1961),[1] is a Canadian economist and the Howard Edward Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy at Cornell University.
In 2015, Hoddinott was honoured with the Howard Edward Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy at Cornell University.
Reflecting these ideas, in 2004, Hoddinott together with Jere Behrman and Harold Alderman authored a report for the Copenhagen Consensus that attempted to quantify the economic costs of hunger and malnutrition.
These include evaluations of the PROGRESA program in Mexico (now called Oportunidades), Bolsa Familia in Brazil and the Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia.
[12][13][14] Hoddinott has also extensively studied various design aspects of social safety net programs, especially on issues related to targeting and payment modalities.