Hira is an Agriculture Economist in the Latin American and Caribbean Agriculture Global Practice. She has worked extensively in the Caribbean, including operations in Belize, Dominica, Grenada, and Haiti, and on country and regional level analytical work. Hira joined the unit after finishing her Ph.D. in Agriculture Economics from Purdue University. Her dissertation focused on finding strategies to solve post-harvest challenges for smallholder farm households in sub-Saharan Africa.