Vanessa Hoffman

Researcher

Vanessa Hoffman is a researcher in the International Development Division at AIR. She has over 8 years of experience leading qualitative approaches for evaluations and assessments in developing country settings. Her current work evaluates energy efficiency and renewable energy generation activities in Kosovo, improving children’s educational outcomes in Burkina Faso, and assessing gender and youth contexts in preparation for a graduation intervention in Uganda.

She has worked with implementers on assessments for ongoing improvement in interventions in Uganda, specifically focusing on youth, as well as nutrition and water, sanitation, and hygiene. She has also led the qualitative approach for evaluations of school nutrition and literacy programs in Mali and Burkina Faso. In the labor context, Hoffman has managed multiple mixed-methods evaluations for USDOL in Zambia, Costa Rica, and Argentina. She is proficient in French and is a registered dietitian nutritionist.

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Expertise
International
Agriculture, Food Security, and Nutrition
International Health and Social Protection

B.S., Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University; M.P.H., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; R.D.N., Registered Dietitian Nutritionist certification

Contact Vanessa Hoffman

+1.202.403.5000
Related Work
Fermented cocoa beans ready for old-fashion roasting

Research on Efforts to Eliminate Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Cocoa Sector in High-Risk Countries

For decades, the cocoa industry has been controversial for its use of child and forced labor. AIR is conducting research funded by the U.S. Department of Labor to develop indicators that will measure the progress of eliminating child labor and forced labor in the cocoa sector.
Coal Energy

Evaluation of Reliable Energy Landscape Project in Kosovo

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Boy having arm measured in Uganda

Graduating to Resilience in Uganda

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Beoog Biiga (Tomorrow’s Child) Project, Burkina Faso McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Project

Of the approximately 175 countries on the World Bank’s Human Capital Index, Burkina Faso scores among the lowest, with more than 40 percent of the country’s population living below the national poverty line. In response to recurrent food crises, high levels of malnutrition, and low and unequal levels of education ...