Jose Cuesta
José Cuesta is a development economist with a Ph.D. in economics from Oxford University. He is an affiliated professor at Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute. Cuesta was previously an assistant professor in development economics at the Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands. He also worked as a research economist and social sector specialist for the Inter-American Development Bank, and as an economist for the United Nations Development Programme in Honduras.
Cuesta's research interests revolve around poverty and conflict economics, specifically the distributive analysis of social policies; intra-household allocation; social protection and labor distortions. He also studies the interaction between poverty, conflict and culture. A Spanish national, Cuesta has experience from a number of countries in South America, Asia and Africa.
- 03/28/13 Altos precios de los alimentos y epidemia mundial de obesidad
- 03/28/13 Comment le niveau élevé des prix alimentaires entretient l’épidémie mondiale d’obésité
- 03/28/13 High Food Prices and the Global Epidemic of Obesity
- 12/10/12 Does Social Media Create (or Destroy) Social Capital?
- 10/15/12 Where is food security really on the global policy agenda?
- 08/30/12 Precios de los alimentos suben y suben: Cinco preguntas al economista José Cuesta
- 08/09/12 El momento oportuno lo es todo: ¿Nos dirigimos hacia una nueva crisis de los precios de los alimentos?
- 08/08/12 Tout est une question de timing : doit-on se préparer à une nouvelle crise mondiale des prix alimentaires?