Nadia Cuffaro is Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Law, University of Cassino Italy, previously Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nation Department of International Economic and Social Affairs, New York. Visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge (UK), Faculty of Economics and Politics and The New School, Schools of Public Engagement, New York (US).
She holds a degree in Statistics, University of Rome La Sapienza, and a Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics, Reading University (UK). Research topics in the field of Development Economics and Sustainability. Main publications include: "Are large scale land acquisitions in Africa pro-development? A network analysis of FDI in land and agro-industry" The Palgrave Handbook of Africa’s Economic Sectors (2023); Credence goods, consumers' trust in regulation and high quality export, In Bio-based and Applied economics (2016); “Technical regulations and standards for food exports and trust: The credence goods problem”, Fao. Commodity Market Review , (2008) ; Population, Economic Growth and Agriculture in Less Developed Countries, Routledge, London and New York (2001);"Population growth and agriculture in poor countries: a review of theoretical issues and empirical evidence", World Development, 25 (7):1151-1163 (1997)