Adriana Paolantonio is an Economist with a PhD in Economic Theory and Institutions from the University of Rome Tor Vergata. She works at the Research and Impact Assessment Division of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) where she is in charge of conducting a number of impact assessments of IFAD funded projects in Latin America and Africa. Adriana has previously worked at the Agricultural Development Economics Division of FAO where she conducted applied microeconomic research on impact and adoption of Climate Smart Agricultural practices in Malawi and Viet Nam.v

Session VI - Climate Change and Development 27/10/2017 11:45 - 13:15

Diversification, Climate Risk and Vulnerability to Poverty in Rural Malawi

Other Speakers in this session:

Cristina Cattaneo (Fondazione Eni and CMCC)
Climate Traps and Civil Unrest

Aslihan Arslan (IFAD)
Climate resilience in rural Zambia: Evaluating farmers’ response to El Niño-induced drought

Marco Letta (University of Rome “La Sapienza”)
Temperature Shocks, Growth and Poverty Threshold: Evidence from Rural Tanzania