Dr. Francisco J. Proenza is an Economist with the Investment Centre of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. He has extensive international experience in the design of investment projects for multinational agencies. He received his PhD in Food and Resource Economics from the University of Florida (1981). 

He received his PhD in Food and Resource Economics from the University of Florida (1981). His recent work has focused in the design of practical intervention strategies to help governments and international organizations apply information and communication technologies to combat poverty (www.e-ForAll.org).