Stephanie is a development economist with over 15 years of experience in rural development and poverty reduction policies in Africa and South-East Asia. Stephanie has an extensive experience of modelling and policy analysis using simulation tools and quantitative analysis methods. As an academic researcher, she worked on agricultural development policies, including natural resources management, public investment in rural infrastructure and services, food price and poverty reduction.
Her PhD research examines the use of natural resource revenue to finance pro-poor growth strategies. This work is applied to the case of Chad using a general equilibrium model to compare different public investment strategies.
She has worked for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the London Business School before joining the Overseas Development Institute in 2005, where she conducted studies on rural development and social protection for the World Bank, the United Nation Programme for Development and for DFID.
She joined the London School of Economics as a Guest Lecturer in 2014. Her current research focuses on the local economic impact of social protection, including cash transfers and graduation packages, the complementarity between rural development policies and social transfers and the impact of financial shocks and stresses on household behaviour. She currently works with UNDP and the Government of Cambodia on a randomized control trial that aims at evaluating the impact of graduation-based social protection policies.
She holds an MSc from the Sorbonne University and a PhD from Toulouse University.
She currently teaches for DV410: Research Design, DV490: Economic Development Policy: Applied Policy Analysis I, DV491: Economic Development Policy: Microeconomic Analysis and DV492: Economic Development Policy: Government Policy.
She holds an MSc from the Sorbonne University and a PhD from Toulouse University.
She currently teaches for DV410: Research Design, DV490: Economic Development Policy: Applied Policy Analysis I, DV491: Economic Development Policy: Microeconomic Analysis and DV492: Economic Development Policy: Government Policy.
- Stephanie Levy, 2021. ‘When social safety nets protect economic growth: the case of Cambodia’, LSE ID Working Paper Series
- Stephanie Levy, 2021. ‘Covid-19 and Lockdown Policies: A Structural Simulation Model of a Bottom-Up Recession in Four Countries’, International Food Policy Institute
- Stephanie Levy, 2020. ‘Meeting the costs and maximizing the impact of Social Protection in Cambodia’, United Nations Development Programme, Research Report, September 2020
- Stephanie Levy et al, 2020. Covid-19 lockdowns, income distribution, and food security: An analysis for South Africa. Global Food Security
- John Bennett, Stephanie Levy, 2017. 'Family Ceremonies as a Constraint on Informal Sector Investment: The Case of Sénégal', IZA Institue of Labor Economics
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Stephanie Levy, 2017. ‘Graduation-Based Social Protection for Cambodia's Extreme Poor’, United Nations Development Programme Cambodia, Research Report, December 2017
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Stephanie Levy, 2015. "The Impact of Cash Transfers on Local Economies," Poverty In Focus 31, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.
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Robinson, Sherman & Levy, Stephanie, 2014. "Can cash transfers promote the local economy? A case study for Cambodia:," IFPRI discussion papers 1334, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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Stephanie Levy & Sherman Robinson, 2014. "Maximizing the Economic Impact of Cash Transfers: why Complementary Investment Matters," One Pager 255, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.
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Stephanie Levy & Sherman Robinson, 2014. "Maximiser l'impact économique des transferts monétaires: le rôle des investissements publics agricoles," One Pager French 255, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.
Articles:
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'The Economics of Humanitarian Aid to Refugees: Are we on a slippery slope', International Growth Centre - IGC, London School of Economics, June 2016
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'Scaling up social protection: Price & productivity effects on growth', International Growth Centre - IGC, London School of Economics, November 2015
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‘Social Protection and Growth: Uncovering the Myth’, The Guardian, Global Development, 28 November 2014
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‘Protection Sociale et Croissance Economique: dépassons les vœux pieux’, The Huffington Post, French Edition, 7 March 2014