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Jonathan Brooks, Ph.D.
Adjunct professor of International Economics
Based in Bologna, Italy
Background and Education
Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis; M.S. in Economics, Purdue University; B.Sc. in Economics, London School of Economics. Dr. Brooks is working mainly in the areas of agricultural policy, trade and development. His current focus is on the role of agricultural policy in poverty reduction. He is currently responsible for work on global food security, and has led OECD reviews of agricultural policies in Brazil (2005) and Chile (2007). Before joining OECD in 1999, he was a Lecturer at the
University of Reading and worked on a range of consultancy projects. Prior to specializing in agricultural economics, he worked as a macroeconomist for Data Resources, Inc. where he was responsible for country forecasts and for the company’s Middle East and African Review.
<i>Agricultural policies for poverty reduction</i>, editor (2012); joint-author, with Colin Carter, <i>The Political Economy of US Agriculture</i>, which in 1995 won the American Agricultural Economics Association’s prize for quality of communication.
- Topics
- Agricultural Policy, Trade and Commodities
- Economics