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Annual Meeting 2003
The 39th Annual Meeting of
The Association for International Agriculture 
and Rural Development

"On Renewing Commitment to International Agriculture and Rural Development"

Speakers and Panelists

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Ruben G. Echeverria
Inter-American Development Bank



Ruben EcheverrÌa studied agriculture in Uruguay and in the United States during the 1970s. He worked on a small farm in Minnesota for two years. He has worked on diverse activities linked to Latin American rural development for the past 30 years. His first professional position was with Uruguay's Land Reform Institute. He earned a Masters and Doctorate in agricultural economics at the University of Minnesota. He was a researcher at ISNAR, an international agricultural research center headquartered in Holland dedicated to strengthening agricultural technology policies, organization and management in developing countries. From there, he worked in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Currently he is the Chief of the Rural Development Unit in the Sustainable Development Department at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington, DC. At IDB he has collaborated in: the preparation of loans to promote agricultural development in the region; the preparation of Bank strategies to reduce rural poverty and to develop the food and agriculture sector; the creation of the Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology (FONTAGRO); and the creation of an inter-agency working group for rural development to improve services which these agencies and IDB provide to the region's countries.
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  • About AIARD
    • About AIARD
    • Mission & Objectives
    • Officers and Committee Chairs
    • Constitution & Bylaws
    • Committees >
      • Education & Advocacy Committee
      • Membership Committee
      • Communications Committee
      • Finance Committee
      • Awards Committee
      • Future Leaders Forum Committee
      • Events Commitee
  • Members
    • Members
    • Reasons to Join AIARD
    • Join AIARD
    • Past Award Recipients
    • Career Networking
  • Communications
    • Communications
    • AIARD Blog
    • AIARD Publications
    • Email Subscription
    • Partner Publications
  • Events
    • 2025 Annual Conference
    • AIARD FLF Webinar Series
    • Previous Events >
      • Virtual AIARD Week 2021 >
        • 2021 Sessions
        • 2021 Sponsors
      • Virtual AIARD Week 2020 >
        • 2020 Sponsors
        • 2020 Speakers and Moderators
      • AIARD Side Event at the World Food Prize
      • 2019 Annual Conference >
        • 2019 Photo Gallery
        • Conference agenda
  • Future Leaders
    • Future Leaders Forum
    • AIARD Scholarship Fund
    • Future Leaders Alumni Testimonials
    • Previous Forums >
      • 2021 Future Leaders Forum
      • 2020 Future Leaders Forum