Lawrence Haddad


Lawrence James Haddad, is a British economist whose main research interests are the intersection of poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition, including poverty dynamics, social capital, HIV/AIDS, social protection, agriculture and poverty, and women's empowerment.
He is the Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and Chair of the Board of Bite Back 2030.

Education and career

Lawrence became the Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, an international organisation launched at the United Nations in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition, in October 2016. In 2019, Lawrence accepted the role of Chair of the Board of Bite Back 2030, an initiative set up to achieve a world where all young people have the opportunity to be healthy, no matter where they live.
Prior to becoming the Executive Director of GAIN, Lawrence was the founding co-chair and lead author of the from 2014 to 2016.
From 2004-2014 Lawrence was the Director of the , the world’s leading development studies institute. Before joining IDS in 2004, he was Director of the Food Consumption and Nutrition Division at the from 1994 to 2004.
From 2009-2010 Lawrence was the UK’s representative on the Steering Committee of the of the . He was the President of the UK and Ireland’s from 2010 to 2012.
An economist, Lawrence completed his PhD in Food Research at in 1988.
On Monday, 25 June 2018, the awarded the to Lawrence Haddad, and David Nabarro, former special adviser to the UN Secretary General. Announcing the award , World Food Prize President cited the recipients for their "extraordinary intellectual and policy leadership in bringing maternal and child nutrition to the forefront of the global food security agenda and thereby significantly reducing childhood stunting"

Media

Lawrence Haddad’s blog is part of the Guardian’s Global Development Blogosphere which he describes as "some unguarded reflections, thoughts, and ideas on international development".

Selected bibliography

Books