David R. Lee

Biography

David R. Lee is International Professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and Provost’s Fellow in the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs at Cornell University. He received his B.A. degree from Amherst College and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses mainly on the interface between economic development, agriculture and the environment, including food security, sustainable agriculture, technology adoption, environmental services, climate change, and agricultural and environmental policy. He has conducted research or consulted in nearly 30 countries, principally in Latin America, but also in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. He has served as a visiting economist in the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (Rome), in the Chief Economist’s Office of the U.S. Agency for International Development (Washington, DC) and in the Economic Research Service of USDA (Washington, DC), as a Visiting Fellow at the Fondazione Luigi Einaudi in Turin, Italy, and as a visiting professor at universities in Italy, the Netherlands, Venezuela, and Honduras

Research Interest

"Agricultural Policy Climate Change International Trade, Finance and Development Natural Resource Management Sustainable Agriculture Technology Adoption"