Francisco Pereira Fontes
Franciso’s PhD research focuses on distributional issues related to transfers in the Pacific region. Francisco started started his PhD in Environmental Economics at the LSE in September 2014.
Background
Francisco obtained a BSc in International Economics from the University of Essex. Following this he went on to do an MSc in Economics at Warwick and then a second MSc in Development Economics at SOAS.
Francisco has worked as an ODI Fellow in the Ministry of Finance in Timor-Leste (Macroeconomics Unit and Petroleum Revenue Unit) (September 2012- September 2014).
In June 2012, as part of his MSc dissertation, Francisco worked at the Africa Rice Center on issues related to the impact evaluation of the adoption of rice varieties in the Gambia and Nigeria.
Research interests:
- Development Economics
- Agricultural/ Resource Economics
- Transfers
- Impact evaluation
- Africa, Asia and the Pacific
Research
Research - 2020
Drought events have critical impacts on agricultural production yet there is little consensus on how these should be measured and... Read more
Research - 2018
A key policy debate is whether agricultural production should be geared towards input-intensification or diversity of crops. Using data from Ethiopia this paper investigates the effects of crop diversity on production and finds that the impact on productivity may be lower than previously thought. Read more
Research - 2017
This research suggests that by using a more flexible measure of droughts policy-makers could more effectively shape policy responses relating to climate adaptation and more accurately identify agricultural locations more vulnerable to climate change. Read more
This paper examines whether patterns of cattle intensification, deforestation and pasture expansion in the Brazilian state of Rondonia are consistent with the land rent framework, in which location and distance to markets are key determinants of rents. Read more