Event type:

In person

Date & time:

29 Jan 2020, 12:30 – 14:00

Public good provision and deliberative democracy: evidence from Malawi

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Farm manager propogating fruit trees in Malawi. Image: Melissa Cooperman/IFPRI
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Public good provision and deliberative democracy: evidence from Malawi

Dr Annemie Maertens

Dr Annemie Maertens is a development economist and senior lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Sussex. She obtained her PhD from Cornell University in 2010. Before embarking on a career as an economist, she was an agricultural engineer, with an interest in tropical agricultural systems. She uses the tools of social and behavioural economics to understand poverty dynamics in rural settings in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on agricultural technology adoption, agricultural markets and investment in education.

Chair: Mark Engelbert

Evaluation Specialist

3ie's Systematic Reviews Office

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Organiser

London International Development Centre (LIDC)

Sarah.Hambly@lidc.ac.uk