Vegard Iversen is a microeconomist with an anthropological streak. He holds a Phd in Economics from University of Cambridge and is currently based in New Delhi where he is a visitor at Indian Statistical Institute, Planning Unit (Economics Department). Before a brief stint as Research Fellow in the International Food Policy Research Institute’s New Delhi office, he spent six years as a member of Faculty and co-Director of the MA in Development Economics at School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia. He has previously held research positions at the Agricultural University of Norway and been a Junior Programme Officer in UNDP’s New Delhi office.