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Arjan Verschoor

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Academic Background

1987-91 MSc Economics (cum laude), Erasmus University Rotterdam
1991-93 MSc Development Economics (cum laude), Erasmus University
1993-96 Economic consultant, SEOR Rotterdam
1996-2000 PhD Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
2001-04 Research Officer, University of Sheffield
2004- School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia

Biography

Arjan is a behavioural development economist. His current research is on agricultural investment decisions in Uganda. Recent research includes intra-household allocation in India, Ethiopia, Uganda and Nigeria; and the effectiveness of international development aid. 

Career

 Before joining the School of International Development in 2004, Arjan worked as a Research Officer for the University of Sheffield on a DFID-funded project on pro-poor growth.

Key Research Interests

Experimental economics in developing countries; aid effectiveness; gender inequality; pro-poor growth.

DEV and UEA Research Groups: Behavioural and Experimental Development Economics; Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science

Current research focuses on small farmers’ risk attitudes, their risk-sharing arrangements, and implications for agricultural investment and insurance decisions in eastern Uganda.

Key Responsibilities

Research Coordinator Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development
 

Teaching Interests

PhD students

  • Nicholas Barrantes Gamba on poverty and mental health [current]
  • Daniel Ninsiima on agriculture, population change and food security in sub-Saharan Africa [current]
  • Sarika Chaudhary on climate change, women’s labour force participation and fertility in India [current]
  • Daudi Ssentongo on knowledge-sharing platforms for smallholder farmers in Uganda [current]
  • Natasha Hill on rainforest fires in the Brazilian Amazon [current]
  • Lucy Njogu on building climate resilience in Kenyan aquaculture [current]
  • Manasa Sharma on building climate resilience in Indian agriculture [current]
  • Hugh Sinclair on microfinance [current]
  • Janet Mwende Mutiso on sweet potato in Uganda [current]
  • Joshua Hill (language use and cooperation in Uganda) [completed 2025]
  • Baimba Koroma on growth, human development and poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa [completed 2025]
  • Matthew Heaton [on seed systems in Ethiopia and Uganda] [completed 2024]
  • Harsh Vasani (hydropolitics in the Himalayas) [completed 2023]
  • Ngukwase Surma (female empowerment in Nigeria) [completed 2023]
  • Suvarna Pande (scarcity and risk attitudes) [completed 2023]
  • Floris Burgers (education in Uganda) [completed 2023]
  • Minjin Kim (mobile micro-finance) [completed 2023]
  • Hanna Fuhrmann (sustainable consumption in Lima, Peru) [completed 2022]
  • Borja Perez-Viana Martinez (ag insurance in Uganda) [completed 2019]
  • Rik Habraken (youth aspirations in Uganda) [completed 2019]
  • Yazhou Liu (weather index insurance in China) [completed 2018]
  • Ines Ferreira (on aid to fragile states) [completed 2018]
  • Brendan Whitty (on DFID) [completed 2016]
  • Matthew Osborne (on post-conflict reintegration in Uganda) [completed 2015]
  • Maria Ana Jalles D’Orey (on health aid in Mozambique) [completed 2014]
  • Baruch Ramirez (on pro-poor growth in Mexico) [completed 2011]
  • Fabiola Lopez-Gomez (on subcontracting in Mexico) [completed 2011]
  • Patricia Agupusi (on economic empowerment in S.Africa) [completed 2010]
  • Maren Duvendack (on micro-finance in India) [completed 2010]
  • Arlette Covarrubias (on female labour supply in Mexico) [completed 2010]
  • Lucio Esposito (on poverty and relative deprivation) [completed 2009]
  • Gordon Leua Nanau (globalisation in the Solomon Islands) [completed 2008]

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty
  2. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  3. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

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