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Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Fellow at the Tinbergen Institute, The Netherlands. Phd in Economics from VU University.
Positions at Universiteit van Amsterdam, Centraal Planbureau and Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (SEOR), all in the Netherlands. Consultancies for international organizations (WorldBank, FAO, EU, Common Fund, etc) and national governments, in India, Bangladesh, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique, Kenya, Ethiopia, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana.
Research
(i) Productivity, (ii) price and production risk, (iii) market access & transaction costs, (iv) domestic trade and (v) food security in developing country agriculture, with a geographical focus on Sub-Sahara Africa. What drives subsistence farming and how to enhance transitions to commercial farming?
Teaching
BSc: International Trade, Exchange Rates and Stabilization Policy, Fundamentals of Macro Economics, Growth theory.
MSc / PhD: Development Economics
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How Is the Liberalization of Food Markets Progressing? Market Integration and Transaction Costs in Subsistence Economies
Zant, W., 2013, In: World Bank Economic Review. 27, 1, p. 28-54Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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The Economics of Food Aid under Subsistence Farming with an Application to Malawi
Zant, W., 2012, In: Food Policy. 37, 1, p. 124-141Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Safety nets and index based insurance: Historical assessment and semi-paramentric estimation of an indemnity schedule for Northern Ghana
Molini, V., Keyzer, M., van den Boom, G. J. M., Zant, W. & Nsowah-Nuamah, N. N. N., 2010, In: Economic Development and Cultural Change. 58, 4, p. 671-712Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Hot stuff: Index Insurance for Indian Pepper Growers
Zant, W., 2008, In: World Development. 36, 9, p. 1585-1606 22 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Impact of Mobile Phones on Staple Food Markets in Mozambique: Improved Arbitrage or Increased Rent Extraction?
W. Zant (Speaker)
15 Mar 2017Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Professional
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Trains, Trade and Transaction Costs: How does Domestic Trade by Rail affect Market Prices of Malawi Agricultural Commodities?
W. Zant (Speaker)
1 Jun 2017Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Impact of Mobile Phones on Staple Food Markets in Mozambique: Improved Arbitrage or Increased Rent Extraction?
W. Zant (Speaker)
1 Jun 2017Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Trains, Trade and Transaction Costs: How does Domestic Trade by Rail affect Market Prices of Malawi Agricultural Commodities?
W. Zant (Speaker)
20 Mar 2016Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Journal of Health Economics (Journal)
W. Zant (Reviewer)
21 Sep 2016 → 5 Jul 2017Activity: Peer review and Editorial work › Peer review › Academic
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Replication Data for: "Wouter Zant. If smallholder farmers have access to the world market: the case of tobacco marketing in Malawi. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 47, 4, Sept 2020, 1402–1437"
Zant, W. (Contributor), Unknown Publisher, 1 Jan 2020
DOI: 10.34894/ifwgcl, https://doi.org/10.34894%2Fifwgcl
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