Mare Sarr
Lecturer
Economics
University of Cape Town
South Africa
Biography
Mare Sarr is currently a lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town and a research fellow of the Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU). His current teaching areas are Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Growth, and Environmental and Resource Economics. He received his Ph.D. from University College London in November 2008. His Ph.D. thesis is titled "Essays on Institutions and Resources."
Research Interest
Mare’s current research interests include: The Political Dimension of the Curse of Natural Resources; Intellectual Property Rights and North-South Relationships in the Life Sciences Industries; Bioersity Conservation in relation to Traditional Knowledge and Bio-prospecting; Africa-China Relations.
Publications
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2011-11-30 SOUTH AFRICA On the Looting of Nations
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2012-11-06 SOUTH AFRICA Economics of IPR for Genetic Resources: North-South Cooperation in Sequential R&D
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2012-11-06 SOUTH AFRICA Risk Preferences and Environmental Uncertainty: Implications for Crop Diversification Decisions in Ethiopia
