Benedetta Lerva

Economist, World Bank Development Impact Evaluation Department (DIME)

Benedetta Lerva is an economist at the World Bank Development Impact Evaluation department (DIME). Her main research areas are Development economics, Agriculture and Education. She received her PhD in Economics from the Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University

Recent work by Benedetta Lerva

Some farmers create more social value than others: Technology spillovers in Uganda

Farmers are willing to pay to induce other farmers to adopt new technologies, and can help identify who among them should adopt first

Articles : Agriculture

Benedetta Lerva

Published 18.07.22
The long debate on sharecropping and productivity

Increasing the tenant’s share in output encourages profitable risk-taking, in addition to large effects on input levels

Articles : Agriculture

Konrad Burchardi Selim Gulesci Benedetta Lerva Munshi Sulaiman

Published 07.09.20

Benedetta Lerva

Recent work by Benedetta Lerva

Some farmers create more social value than others: Technology spillovers in Uganda

The long debate on sharecropping and productivity