Staff Profile:Dr Giacomo Zanello
- Name:
- Dr Giacomo Zanello
- Job Title:
- Associate Professor
- Responsibilities:
- Module convenor for Qualitative Research Methods (APME40).
- Supporting role for Econometrics (APME71), Resource and Environmental Economics (APME58) and Individual Project (AP1EX1 and AP3EX2).
- Areas of Interest:
My current research interests include:
- Food, nutrition and health: I am involved in work that sits at the intersection of food, nutrition and health primarily in low- and middle-income contexts. This includes the analysis of energy expenditure patterns of rural households, investigation of economic drivers of over- and under-nutrition, food and nutrition policy evaluation, and the role of agriculture and food systems in enabling better nutrition and health.
- Innovation, technology, and industrialisation: I investigate the innovation rich environment of low-income countries aiming to understand the diffusion and impacts of tech- and no-tech innovations.
- Role of transaction costs in rural agricultural markets: I am interested in better capturing and quantifying the transaction costs that limit the size of agricultural markets in low-income countries.
I look forward to Ph.D. applications from applied economists broadly interested in such topics and eager to develop robust empirical research aimed at strong policy implications.
- Research groups / Centres:
- Publications:
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YNumber of items: 14.
2019
- Haenssgen, M., Charoenboon, N., Zanello, G., Mayxay, M., Reed-Tsochas, F., Lubell, Y., Wertheim, H., Lienert, J., Xayavong, T., Khine Zaw, Y., Thepkhamkong, A., Sithongdeng, N., Khamsoukthavong, N., Phanthavong, C., Boualaiseng, S., Vongsavang, S., Wibunjak, K., Chai-In, P., Thavethanutthanawin, P., Althaus, T., Greer, R., Nedsuwan, S., Wangrangsimakul, T., Limmathurotsakul, D., Elliott, E. and Ariana, P. (2019) Antibiotic knowledge, attitudes, and practices: new insights from cross-sectional rural health behaviour surveys in low- and middle-income Southeast Asia. BMJ Open. ISSN 2044-6055 (In Press)
- Zanello, G., Shankar, B. and Nigel, P. (2019) Buy or make? Agricultural production diversity, markets and dietary diversity in Afghanistan. Food Policy. ISSN 0306-9192 (In Press)
2018
- Fu, X., Mohnen, P. and Zanello, G. (2018) Innovation and productivity in formal and informal firms in Ghana. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 131. pp. 315-325. ISSN 0040-1625 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.08.009
- Haenssgen, M., Charoenboon, N., Zanello, G., Mayxay, M., Reed-Tsochas, F., Jones, C., Kosaikanont, R., Praphattong, P., Manohan, P., Lubell, Y., Newton, P., Keomany, S., Wertheim, H., Lienert, J., Xayavong, T., Warapikuptanun, P., Zaw, Y. K., U-Thong, P., Benjaroon, P., Sangkham, N., Wibunjak, K., Chai-In, P., Chailert, S., Thavethanutthanawin, P., Promsutt, K., Thepkhamkong, A., Sithongdeng, N., Keovilayvanh, M., Khamsoukthavong, N., Phanthasomchit, P., Phanthavong, C., Boualaiseng, S., Vongsavang, S., Greer, R., Althaus, T., Nedsuwan, S., Intralawan, D., Wangrangsimakul, T., Limmathurotsakul, D. and Ariana, P. (2018) Antibiotics and activity spaces: protocol of an exploratory study of behaviour, marginalisation and knowledge diffusion. BMJ Global Health, 3 (2). e000621. ISSN 2059-7908 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000621
2017
- Zanello, G., Srinivasan, C. S. and Nkegbe, P. (2017) Piloting the use of accelerometry devices to capture energy expenditure in agricultural and rural livelihoods: Protocols and findings from northern Ghana. Development Engineering, 2. pp. 114-131. ISSN 2352-7285 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.deveng.2017.10.001
2016
- Zanello, G., Fu, X., Mohnen, P. and Ventresca, M. (2016) The creation and diffusion of innovation in developing countries: a systematic literature review. Journal of Economic Surveys, 30 (5). pp. 884-912. ISSN 1467-6419 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12126
- Zanello, G., Srinivasan, C. S. and Shankar, B. (2016) What explains Cambodia’s success in reducing child stunting-2000-2014? PLoS ONE, 11 (9). e0162668. ISSN 1932-6203 doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162668
- Flores-Martinez, A., Zanello, G., Shankar, B. and Poole, N. (2016) Reducing anemia prevalence in Afghanistan: socioeconomic correlates and the particular role of agricultural assets. PLoS ONE, 11 (6). e0156878. ISSN 1932-6203 doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156878
2014
- Zanello, G., Srinivasan, C. S. and Shankar, B. (2014) Transaction costs, information technologies and the choice of marketplace among farmers in Northern Ghana. Journal of Development Studies, 50 (9). pp. 1226-1239. ISSN 1743-9140 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2014.903244
- Zanello, G. and Srinivasan, C. S. (2014) Information sources, ICTs and price information in rural agricultural markets. The European Journal of Development Research, 26 (5). pp. 815-831. ISSN 0957-8811 doi: https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2014.1
2013
- Srinivasan, C. S., Zanello, G. and Shankar, B. (2013) Rural-urban disparities in child nutrition in Bangladesh and Nepal. BMC Public Health, 13 (1). 581. ISSN 1471-2458 doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-581
- Irz, X., Fratiglioni, L., Kuosmanen, N., Mazzocchi, M., Modugno, L., Nocella, G., Shakersain, B., Traill, W. B., Xu, W. and Zanello, G. (2013) Sociodemographic determinants of diet quality of the EU elderly: a comparative analysis in four countries. Public Health Nutrition, 17 (05). pp. 1177-1189. ISSN 1368-9800 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980013001146
2012
- Zanello, G. (2012) Mobile phones and radios: effects on transactions costs and market participation for households in Northern Ghana. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 63 (3). pp. 694-714. ISSN 1477-9552 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-9552.2012.00352.x
2011
- Zanello, G. and Maassen, P. (2011) Strengthening citizen agency and accountability through ICT. Public Management Review, 13 (3). pp. 363-382. ISSN 1471-9037 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2011.553265