Visitors

2011

Britta Deutsch is a Master student of the international postgraduate Program “Agricultural Science and Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics” (ARTS), University of Bonn (Germany). She conducted her empirical research in Tanzania between June and September 2011 within the framework of the research project “Certification of Protected Areas” (CERPA) at the Institute for Environmental Economics and World Trade, University of Hanover and in collaboration with Dr. Razack Lokina. The aim of her study is to explore the relationship between Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) concepts and the implementation and future potential of biodiversity conservation projects in Tanzania, with focus on Kigoma Region and Coast Region.

2010

Plamen Nikolov is a fourth-year PhD candidate at Harvard University. His research is broadly in development economics, labor economics, behavior economics and health economics. His current theoretical work examines the creation of reference points in behavior economics and applications in the context of risk tolerance and technology adoption patterns. His current empirical research in Tanzania focuses on improving educational attainment through various microeconomic approaches.

Through a field experiment, Plamen is examining the significance of cognitive capital, and the effect of micronutrient deficiency in utero (specifically iodine and folic acid) on subsequent educational attainment in Africa. In another project, Plamen is measuring subjective expectations to primary and secondary schooling in Tanzania and planning a field experiment related to providing objective information of returns to education in Tanzania. Plamen's research also focuses on the economics of infectious diseases, and its interaction with labor supply. Since 2008, he has been involved in a field experiment in South Africa studying the impact of anti-retroviral provision on various socio-economic outcomes.

Plamen is also part of a research team, under Lawrence Katz at the Economics Department and the National Bureau of Economic Research, overseeing a randomized housing mobility experiment (Moving-to-Opportunity). The study exploits random assignment in the receipt of Section 8 vouchers in the U.S. in attempt to quantify the effect of poor neighbourhoods on individual economic, criminal and health outcomes. Plamen holds MA in International Economics from Johns Hopkins University (SAIS) and a BA in Mathematics/Business Economics from Ohio Wesleyan University. He came to Harvard after consulting for The Lewin Group, an economic consulting group specializing in the area of health, labor and public finance. His hobbies include long-distance running, biking and tennis.

2009

Mark Purdon is a PhD candidate at the Department of Political Science University of Toronto (Canada) with a background in environmental science and policy. He is carrying-out research on climate change policy in collaboration with Dr. Razack Lokina and Dr. Elizabeth Robinson. The subject is the performance of existing projects under the Kyoto Protocol’s carbon offset system Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) operating in Tanzania and their contribution to sustainable regional development, with a focus on land governance. Purdon visited the EfD in Tanzania from late December 2008 and is expected to leave by June 2009.

2008

Professor Heidi J Albers visited EfD in Tanzania April 2008 and August 2008) worked in collaboration with Elizabeth Robinson on a Optimal Enforcement and Practical Issues of Resource Protection in Developing Countries the paper which appeared in the EfD Discussion Paper 09-08.

Professor Håkan Eggert is resident advisor at EfD in Tanzania from August 2008 to June 2009. He is spending most of his time at the centre doing research in collaboration with other centre fellows.

Andrea Mannberg is a PhD candidate from University of Umea who carried her field work in Lake Victoria regions (Mara and Mwanza regions) in September 2008. Her research is allied with the research project titled, “Booming Fish Exports and Relative Welfare of Local Communities: Empirical Evidence From Around Lake Victoria, Tanzania, one of the ongoing projects carried by the EfDT researchers.

Associate Professor Mads Greaker Head of research, for Economic Growth and Environmental Economics, Research Department, Statistics Norway. He visited University of Dar es Salaam and EfD in Tanzania during December 8-18, 2008. He was collaborating with Associate Professor Håkan Eggert, EfD Tanzania, in a study of biofuels with emphasis on trading aspects.