{"id":673,"date":"2025-10-02T03:51:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/ruben-ruerd\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:51:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:51:40","slug":"ruben-ruerd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/ruben-ruerd\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruben Ruerd"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"middle content\">\n<div class=\"column left\" id=\"columnleft\">\n<section class=\"block article author\">\n<div class=\"headline\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRuerd Ruben<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-content\">\n<div class=\"about-author\">\n<div class=\"img border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/authors\/ruben-ruerd\/147287-3-eng-gb\/ruben-ruerd_author.jpg\" alt=\"Ruben Ruerd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOrganisation:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPolicy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) and Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen (CIDIN), Radboud University Nijmegen<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWebsite:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPersonal profile at Radboud University Nijmegen<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Development economist, is director of the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and professor at the Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen (CIDIN) of Radboud University. Fields of expertise include impact evaluation of development interventions, poverty reduction, farmer organisation, rural development, and the role of smal and medium enterprises in (inter)national trade networks.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"content column wide left author content view\" id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\" addthis:title=\"Ruben Ruerd\">\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_twitter\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_share\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_4\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_compact\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_config = data_track_addressbar;<\/script><br \/>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t<!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"children\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/towards-a-food-secure-world\/maximizing-the-impact-of-food-security\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/towards-a-food-secure-world\/maximizing-the-impact-of-food-security\/312550-1-eng-gb\/maximizing-the-impact-of-food-security_column.jpg\" alt=\"Maximizing the impact of food security\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/towards-a-food-secure-world\/maximizing-the-impact-of-food-security\/\">Maximizing the impact of food security<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/ruben-ruerd\/\">Ruerd Ruben<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/bodnar-ferko\/\">Ferko  Bodnar<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t01 February 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tFood security is about making the right choices for food insecure people. Many interventions have had an impact on these people\u2019s lives, but with significant differences in costs and benefits.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/towards-a-food-secure-world\/maximizing-the-impact-of-food-security\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/too-much-too-quickly\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/images\/broker-26\/pag-17\/726457-1-eng-gb\/pag-17_column.jpg\" alt=\"Too much, too quickly \"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/too-much-too-quickly\/\">Too much, too quickly <\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/de-kemp-antonie\/\">Antonie de Kemp<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/leiderer-stefan\/\">Stefan  Leiderer <\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/ruben-ruerd\/\">Ruerd Ruben<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 10, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tBudget support is a relatively new, yet already widely criticized, phenomenon. However, despite a lack of evidence of its impact on poverty reduction, it is too early to write it off. Budget support is likely to have a significant long-term impact&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/too-much-too-quickly\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Ruerd Ruben: WRR rapport vergeet armoedeanalyse\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Ruerd Ruben: WRR rapport vergeet armoedeanalyse<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/ruben-ruerd\/\">Ruerd Ruben<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t20 January 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tHet WRR Rapport &#8216;Minder pretentie, meer ambitie&#8217; geeft een zorgvuldige samenvatting van een aantal centrale inzichten rondom de effectiviteit en organisatie van de (Nederlandse) ontwikkelingssamenwerking. 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