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Sara Savastano

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First Name:Sara
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Terminal Degree:2003 Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza; Facoltà di Economia; Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
United Nations

Roma, Italy
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Working papers

  1. Hossain, Marup & Mendiratta, Vibhuti & Savastano, Sara, 2024. "Agricultural and Rural Development Interventions and Poverty Reduction: Global Evidence from 16 Impact Assessment Studies," IAAE 2024 Conference, August 2-7, 2024, New Delhi, India 344302, International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE).
  2. Hazell, Peter & Timu, Anne G. & Savastano, Sara & Massotti, Piero, 2022. "Do agricultural projects help smallholders transition to better livelihood strategies?," IFPRI discussion papers 2157, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  3. Leonardo Becchetti & Sara Mancini & Sara Savastano, 2022. "Food Security during the COVID-19 Pandemic: the Impact of a Rural Development Program and Neighbourhood Spillover Effect in the Solomon Islands," CEIS Research Paper 545, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, revised 15 Dec 2022.
  4. Leonardo Becchetti & Sara Mancini & Sara Savastano, 2022. "Exposure to climate shocks, poverty and happiness: the ”three little pigs” effect," Working Papers 5, SITES.
  5. Savastano, Sara & Arslan, Aslihan & Balint, Tim & Rui Benfica, Rui & Cavatassi, Romina & Garbero, Alessandra & Mabiso, Athur & Paolantonio, Adriana & Songsermsawas, Tisorn & Winters, Paul, 2019. "IFAD10 IMPACT ASSESSMENT: An Overview," IFAD Impact Assessment Series 305187, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
  6. Savastano,Sara & Scandizzo,Pasquale L. & Savastano,Sara & Scandizzo,Pasquale L., 2017. "Farm size and productivity : a"direct-inverse-direct"relationship," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8127, The World Bank.
  7. Asfaw, Solomon & Savastano, Sara, 2015. "Topic: Building Resilience to Climate Change Through Social Protection and Climate-Smart Agriculture: Synergies and Trade-offs," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 210963, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  8. Larson, Donald & Savastano, Sara & Murray, Siobhan & Palacios-Lopez, Amparo, 2015. "Are Women Less Productive Farmers? How Markets and Risk Affect Fertilizer Use, Productivity, and Measured Gender Effects in Uganda," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 212032, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  9. Deininger,Klaus W. & Xia,Fang & Savastano,Sara, 2015. "Smallholders? land ownership and access in Sub-Saharan Africa: a new landscape ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7285, The World Bank.
  10. Binswanger-Mkhize, Hans P. & Savastano, Sara, 2014. "Agricultural intensification : the status in six African countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7116, The World Bank.
  11. Mkhize, Hans P Binswanger & Savastano, Sara, 2013. "The Drivers and the Speed of Agricultural Intensification in Uganda," 2013: Productivity and Its Impacts on Global Trade, June 2-4, 2013. Seville, Spain 152377, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium.
  12. Carletto,Calogero & Kilic,Talip & Savastano,Sara & Zezza,Alberto & Carletto,Calogero & Kilic,Talip & Savastano,Sara & Zezza,Alberto, 2013. "Missing(ness) in action : selectivity bias in GPS-based land area measurements," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6490, The World Bank.
  13. Savastano, Sara & Weaver, Robert D. & Paolantonio, Adriana, 2012. "Global Exposure: Food Price Spike Effects on Ethiopian Farm Households," 2012: New Rules of Trade? December 2012, San Diego, California 142762, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium.
  14. Deininger, Klaus & Savastano, Sara & Carletto, Calogero, 2012. "Land fragmentation, cropland abandonment, and land market operation in Albania," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6032, The World Bank.
  15. Sara Savastano, 2012. "The Impact of Soft Traits and Cognitive Abilities on Life Outcomes: Subjective Wellbeing, Education Achievement, and Rational Choices: a Chocolate Tasting Experiment," CEIS Research Paper 241, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, revised 17 Jul 2012.
  16. Carletto,Calogero & Deininger,Klaus W. & Muwonge, James & Savastano,Sara & Carletto,Calogero & Deininger,Klaus W. & Muwonge, James & Savastano,Sara, 2011. "Can diaries help improve agricultural production statistics ? Evidence from Uganda," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5717, The World Bank.
  17. Carletto,Calogero & Savastano,Sara & Zezza,Alberto & Carletto,Calogero & Savastano,Sara & Zezza,Alberto, 2011. "Fact or artefact : the impact of measurement errors on the farm size - productivity relationship," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5908, The World Bank.
  18. Sara Savastano & Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo, 2010. "The Adoption and Diffusion of GM Crops in USA: A Real Option Approach," CEIS Research Paper 169, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, revised 20 Jul 2010.
  19. Scandizzo, Pasquale Lucio & Savastano, Sara & Vezzani, Antonio, 2010. "The deterministic and speculative component of the terms of trade of primary commodities: An “Eclectic” Real Option value approach," 114th Seminar, April 15-16, 2010, Berlin, Germany 61086, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
  20. Smyth, Stuart J. & Falck-Zepeda, José B. & Gray, Richard S. & Nassem, Anwar & Paarlberg, Robert & Phillips, Peter W. B. & Pray, Carl E. & Savastano, Sara & Scandizzo, Pasquale L. & Scatasta, Sara & We, 2010. "Policy recommendations from the 13th ICABR conference on the emerging bioeconomy," MPRA Paper 25600, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  21. Leonardo Becchetti & Sara Savastano, 2009. "The money-happiness relationship in transition countries: evidence from Albania," Econometica Working Papers wp11, Econometica.
  22. Scandizzo, Pasquale Lucio & Savastano, Sara, 2009. "Optimal Farm Size under an Uncertain Land Market: the Case of Kyrgyz Republic," 111th Seminar, June 26-27, 2009, Canterbury, UK 52844, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
  23. Deininger, Klaus W. & Carletto, Calogero & Savastano, Sara, 2007. "Land Market Development and Agricultural Production Efficiency in Albania," 104th Seminar, September 5-8, 2007, Budapest, Hungary 7817, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
  24. Feder, Gershon & Savastano, Sara, 2006. "The role of opinion leaders in the diffusion of new knowledge : the case of integrated pest management," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3916, The World Bank.
  25. Sarris, Alexander H. & Savastano, Sara & Christiaensen, Luc J.M., 2006. "The Role of Agriculture in Reducing Poverty in Tanzania: A Household Perspective from Rural Kilimanjaro and Ruvuma," 2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia 25573, International Association of Agricultural Economists.

Articles

  1. Pinca, Vittoria & Valle, Stefano & De Muro, Pasquale & Savastano, Sara & Severini, Simone, 2024. "Assessing the economic, social and environmental potential of wild and domesticated olive growing options in a far Western District of Nepal," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 214(C).
  2. Smriti Tiwari & Sara Savastano & Paul Winters & Martina Improta, 2022. "Rural economic activities of persons with disabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(4), pages 321-335, October.
  3. Kilic, Talip & Zezza, Alberto & Carletto, Calogero & Savastano, Sara, 2017. "Missing(ness) in Action: Selectivity Bias in GPS-Based Land Area Measurements," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 143-157.
  4. Binswanger-Mkhize, Hans P. & Savastano, Sara, 2017. "Agricultural intensification: The status in six African countries," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 26-40.
  5. Deininger, Klaus & Savastano, Sara & Xia, Fang, 2017. "Smallholders’ land access in Sub-Saharan Africa: A new landscape?," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 78-92.
  6. Coromaldi, Manuela & Pallante, Giacomo & Savastano, Sara, 2015. "Adoption of modern varieties, farmers' welfare and crop biodiversity: Evidence from Uganda," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 346-358.
  7. Carletto, Calogero & Savastano, Sara & Zezza, Alberto, 2013. "Fact or artifact: The impact of measurement errors on the farm size–productivity relationship," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 103(C), pages 254-261.
  8. Deininger, Klaus & Savastano, Sara & Carletto, Calogero, 2012. "Land Fragmentation, Cropland Abandonment, and Land Market Operation in Albania," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 40(10), pages 2108-2122.
  9. Deininger, Klaus & Carletto, Calogero & Savastano, Sara & Muwonge, James, 2012. "Can diaries help in improving agricultural production statistics? Evidence from Uganda," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 98(1), pages 42-50.
  10. Leonardo Becchetti & Sara Savastano, 2011. "Erratum to: The Money–Happiness Relationship in Transition Countries: Evidence from Albania," Transition Studies Review, Springer;Central Eastern European University Network (CEEUN), vol. 18(1), pages 216-216, September.
  11. Talip Kilic & Calogero Carletto & Juna Miluka & Sara Savastano, 2009. "Rural nonfarm income and its impact on agriculture: evidence from Albania," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 40(2), pages 139-160, March.
  12. Sara Savastano & Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo, 2009. "Optimal farm size in an uncertain land market: the case of Kyrgyz Republic," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 40(s1), pages 745-758, November.
  13. Feder, Gershon & Savastano, Sara, 2006. "The role of opinion leaders in the diffusion of new knowledge: The case of integrated pest management," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 34(7), pages 1287-1300, July.

Chapters

  1. Donald F. Larson & Sara Savastano & Siobhan Murray & Amparo Palacios-López, 2016. "On the Determinants of Low Productivity in Maize Farming in Uganda: The Role of Markets, Fertilizer Use and Gender," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Keijiro Otsuka & Donald F. Larson (ed.), In Pursuit of an African Green Revolution, edition 1, chapter 0, pages 165-182, Springer.
  2. Calogero Carletto & Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi & Sara Savastano, 2013. "Measuring Poverty in the Western Balkans: Recent Trends and New Challenges," Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion, and Well-Being, in: Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi & Sara Savastano (ed.), Poverty and Exclusion in the Western Balkans, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 29-38, Springer.
  3. Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi & Sara Savastano, 2013. "Overview: Poverty and Exclusion in the Western Balkans: New Directions in Policy and Analysis," Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion, and Well-Being, in: Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi & Sara Savastano (ed.), Poverty and Exclusion in the Western Balkans, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 1-11, Springer.

Books

  1. Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi & Sara Savastano (ed.), 2013. "Poverty and Exclusion in the Western Balkans," Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion, and Well-Being, Springer, edition 127, number 978-1-4614-4945-4, July.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 22 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (18) 2006-05-13 2009-09-19 2010-06-04 2010-08-14 2011-07-13 2011-12-19 2012-04-17 2013-06-24 2013-08-16 2014-12-29 2015-04-25 2015-06-13 2016-05-14 2020-09-14 2022-04-18 2023-01-09 2023-02-13 2024-09-09. Author is listed
  2. NEP-DEV: Development (8) 2010-06-04 2011-07-13 2013-06-24 2014-12-29 2015-04-25 2016-05-14 2022-04-18 2024-09-09. Author is listed
  3. NEP-AFR: Africa (7) 2011-07-13 2011-12-19 2013-06-24 2013-08-16 2014-12-29 2015-04-25 2015-06-13. Author is listed
  4. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (4) 2011-12-19 2013-06-24 2015-04-25 2016-05-14
  5. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (4) 2015-11-07 2020-09-14 2022-04-18 2022-10-10
  6. NEP-TRA: Transition Economics (4) 2009-08-16 2009-09-19 2010-06-04 2012-04-17
  7. NEP-HAP: Economics of Happiness (3) 2009-08-16 2022-04-18 2022-10-10
  8. NEP-PPM: Project, Program and Portfolio Management (2) 2020-09-14 2023-02-13
  9. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (2) 2006-05-13 2009-08-16
  10. NEP-CBE: Cognitive and Behavioural Economics (1) 2012-07-23
  11. NEP-CFN: Corporate Finance (1) 2009-09-19
  12. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (1) 2022-10-10
  13. NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (1) 2012-07-23
  14. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (1) 2012-07-23
  15. NEP-NEU: Neuroeconomics (1) 2012-07-23
  16. NEP-RES: Resource Economics (1) 2022-04-18
  17. NEP-SPO: Sports and Economics (1) 2013-08-16

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