HHB welcome Calogero (Gero) Carletto - Lead Economist and Manager of the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) in the Development Research Group at the World Bank - as a HHB Fellow.
His research interests are in the areas of poverty, food security, agriculture and rural development, as well as data collection methods and measurement issues. As part of the LSMS activities, Dr. Carletto is also coordinating a large methodological research program on the improvement of productivity measurement in agriculture, as well as a new research program on poverty and food security measurement. He has previously worked for various UN agencies and for the International Food Policy Research Institute.