Marion Sandilands is a Program Management Officer for Globalization, Growth and Poverty, based at IDRC’s Ottawa Headquarters. She holds a B.A. (Hons) in International Development Studies from McGill University and an M.A. in International Affairs from Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.  Her graduate research focused on value chain analysis of the impact of supermarkets on small-scale horticulturalists in Kenya.  Prior to joining IDRC, Marion worked as Program Officer for a rural development-focused NGO, where she supported the organization’s rural livelihoods projects in Asia and Africa.