Simeon Ehui has over fifteen years of professional international agricultural science research experience in Africa, and in Asia. Before joining the World Bank on December 15, 2003 Simeon worked from 1995 to 2003 at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)-- one of the 16 centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)-- where he served as Coordinator of the Livestock Policy Analysis Program while based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Prior to ILRI he served from 1990 to 1994 as Agricultural Economist and Head of the Socio-economic Sciences Division of the ex-ILCA (International Livestock Centre for Africa). From 1988 to 1990 he served as Agricultural Economist and Rockefeller Foundation Fellow at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)--another CGIAR Center-- while based in Ibadan, Nigeria. He authored or co-authored over 80 socio-economic and policy research publications relevant to national researchers and policy makers in Africa and Asia. His writings have covered various topics including: policies for the sustainable management of land and enhancing food security; policies for improving the competitiveness of smallholder livestock producers; and policies for improving domestic and international market access by smallholder livestock producers in Africa and Asia. He is also the co-author of the popular IFPRI/FAO/ILRI publications: Livestock to 2020: The next food revolution and recent ILRI publication:Ten years of Livestock Policy Analysis: Policies for improving productivity, competitiveness and sustainable livelihoods of smallholder livestock producers

Simeon obtained his PhD degree from Purdue University, USA in 1987. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the State of Food and Agriculture of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as well as member of the Advisory Board of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) project on Successes in African Agriculture. He is Chair (2003- 2004) of the International Committee of the American Agricultural Economics Association and a Distinguished Agricultural Alumnus of Purdue University (2001) in recognition of his contribution to the agricultural economics profession.