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I am currently employed as a research assistant at the Insitute of Development Policy and Management (IDPM) of the University of Antwerp (UA). I am enrolled in the PhD program at the Economics Department of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. My promotor there is Jo Swinnen and my co-promotors are Danny Cassimon, who is here at IOB and Stefan Dercon of the development economics research group at the University of Oxford.
My main research interest lies in the study of how semi-commercial farmers are connected to the wider market system. For instance, my recent work looks at maize market participation in Tanzania. Other factors I am currently working on is the effect of price information and price expectations on the bargaining process between farmer and middlemen. Furthermore, I am also interested on how markets are connected to one another. Other projects I am involved with have to do with poverty measurement and poverty traps. Furthermore, I also write on issues related to aid effectiveness and financial market integration. More information on my research in progress can be found on the research page of this site.
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