Marta Marson (Secretariat)

Education
Ph.D in Economics of production and development University of Insubria
MSc of Science Urban and Rural Planning in Developing Countries IUAV Venice
MSc in Political Science University of Milan

Current and previous positions
Assistant Professor at  Polytechnic University of Milan

Research fellow at OEET University of Pavia
Research fellow at University of Pavia
Research fellow at University of Insubria
Development consultant

Research interests
Economic development, Africa, water supply economics, food security, public-private partnerships

Selected publications

Marson, M., Saccone, D., & Vallino, E. (2022). Total trade, cereals trade and undernourishment: new empirical evidence for developing countries. Review of World Economics, 1-34.

Marson, M., & Savin, I. (2022). Complementary or adverse? Comparing development results of official funding from China and traditional donors in Africa. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 62, 189-206.

Marson, M., Maggi, E., & Scacchi, M. (2021). Financing African infrastructure: The role of China in African railways. Research in Transportation Economics, 88, 101111.

Savin, I., Marson, M. and Sutormina, M., 2020. "How different aid flows affect different trade flows: Evidence from Africa and its largest donors." Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 55, pp.119-136.

Marson M, Maggi E 2017 “Light Public-Private partnerships in the water supply sector: Malawi and other case studies from Sub-Saharan Africa”, Development Policy Review, DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12228

Marson M, Van Dijk MP 2016 “Does the Zambian water sector regulator regulation have pro-poor tools and outcomes?” International Journal of Water, Vol. 10, Nos. 2/3, 2016 DOI: 10.1504/IJW.2016.075573

Marson M, Savin I 2015 “Ensuring sustainable access to drinking water in Sub Saharan Africa: Conflict between financial and social objectives”, World Development Vol 76, pp 26-39, 2015. DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.06.002