The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The IFPRI provides research based policy plans to developed countries in an attempt to reduce hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Demography is very important at IFPRI because in order to create policy to alleviate hunger and malnutrition, the future population must be accurately predicted. The IFPRI also does work in markets and trade, two areas where demographic analysis can easily help determine how economically sound an area is.