Invited scholar: Dr. Florence Kondylis

In person: December 2, 2021 (4 to 5 pm) in MCML 160
• The post-presentation social: 5 to 6 pm (max: 50 people) with light refreshments provided. Participants must RSVP by Dec 2 at 12 pm here: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_blw5Z3UiVadVLOS.

Remote option: See Zoom details below

Title: Retargeting Agricultural Investments: Evidence from Impact Evaluations at Scale

Abstract: What constraints limit the adoption of productive technologies among smallholder farmers? In her talk, Dr Kondylis will discuss the evidence gathered from large-scale experiments with farmers across a variety of country contexts. Specifically, she will describe how Impact evaluations were leveraged as a policy tool to elicit different constraints to adoption of proven technologies and estimate the effectiveness of interventions in promoting smallholder farmers’ growth.

Biography: Dr. Florence Kondylis is a Senior Economist and Research Program Manager at the Development Impact Evaluation department (DIME) at the World Bank. Dr. Kondylis studied applied math at Paris Dauphine, received a magistère in economics from Paris 1-ENS Ulm-EHESS (aka, Paris School of Economics), a PhD in economics from the University of London, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University. Dr. Kondylis’ main interests are in development, labor, conflict and agricultural economics. Dr. Kondylis founded and lead the Bank’s impact evaluation program in Agricultural Adaptations, which is run in close collaboration with researchers and practitioners across a large number of donor institutions, governments, NGOs, and academic institutions. Dr. Kondylis also co-founded DIME Analytics to help generate and curate more, better data for impact evaluation.

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