Elena Vallino
Biographic Data
| ID | 1571121 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elena Vallino |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elena |
| FAMILY NAME | Vallino |
| SIGNATURE | VALLINO E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Politecnico di Torino |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2871-7145 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Eco-innovation diffusion in retailers’ last-mile delivery
Does food import contribute to rising obesity in low‐ and middle‐income countries
Several studies show a positive association between the rise of obesity in developing countries and globalization, trade, and food trade, but most do not account for reverse causality between the prevalence of obesity and trade flows. Moreover, most studies adopt broad definitions of trade and food trade, notwithstanding the main effects of trade on obesity may pass through import of specific foods. We address these concerns by empirically invest…
Large agri-food corporations in the global staple and cash crops markets
The paper investigates the influence of major food corporations on global rice and coffee markets from 2013 to 2022, with a focus on market presence and water usage. It uses detailed data from the Euromonitor Passport and the CWASI datasets to analyze environmental impacts and virtual water (VW) flows at the company level, addressing gaps in the existing literature. Key findings show that although rice sales are larger than those of coffee in qua…
Food security in the age of sustainable development
Interdisciplinarity and the future of development studies after the 2019 Nobel Prize in economics
The 2019 Nobel prize for Economics consecrated A. Banerjee, E. Duflo and M. Kremer’s hegemony on development economics. The emphasis they put on field experiments and randomized control trials (RCTs) matched the emphasis on evidence-based policies and on evaluation that dominated the development sector in the same years. Here, we take inspiration from the debates generated by the 2019 Nobel prize to reflect on the future of development studies. W…
An empirical assessment of the effects of electricity access on food security
Is water consumption embedded in crop prices? A global data-driven analysis
Agricultural production exploits about 70% of all water withdrawals around the globe, but to date, it is not clear if and how this water consumption is taken into consideration in the price of the agricultural primary goods. To shed light on this point, we analyze the farm gate prices of twelve representative crops in the period 1991-2016, considering data from 162 countries in total. The crop price dependence on the water footprint is investigat…
Measuring economic water scarcity in agriculture
High water availability enhances agricultural performance and food security. However, many countries where water is abundant according to hydrological indicators face difficulties in the utilization of water in agriculture, being in a situation of economic water scarcity (EWS), due to lack of institutional and material means for water management and governance. EWS faces a stronger challenge of measurability, if compared to physical water scarcit…
The dilemma of NGOs and participatory conservation
Earmarking conservation
Who Had the Idea to Build Up a Village Organization? Some Evidence From Senegal and Burkina Faso
In this paper we deal with the relationship between external donors and village organizations (VOs) in Western Sub‐Saharan Africa. We utilize a large dataset of village organizations in rural areas of Senegal and Burkina Faso. We argue that the kind of relationship established with northern donors may have effects on the governance mechanisms of the village organization. We investigate to what extent differences in the foundation of the VO and of…
The Tragedy of the Park
Many scholars of common-pool resources have found that institutions might solve the tragedy of the commons. I address a particular situation of natural resource management: that of a protected area. In this situation, interests differ. Local rural inhabitants care about the quality of their environment but also need to exploit the resources for livelihood reasons. An external entity such as the State, a donor, an NGO, or some combination thereof …
An empirical assessment of the effects of electricity access on food security
Food security in the age of sustainable development
The dilemma of NGOs and participatory conservation
Measuring economic water scarcity in agriculture
High water availability enhances agricultural performance and food security. However, many countries where water is abundant according to hydrological indicators face difficulties in the utilization of water in agriculture, being in a situation of economic water scarcity (EWS), due to lack of institutional and material means for water management and governance. EWS faces a stronger challenge of measurability, if compared to physical water scarcit…
Who Had the Idea to Build Up a Village Organization? Some Evidence From Senegal and Burkina Faso
In this paper we deal with the relationship between external donors and village organizations (VOs) in Western Sub‐Saharan Africa. We utilize a large dataset of village organizations in rural areas of Senegal and Burkina Faso. We argue that the kind of relationship established with northern donors may have effects on the governance mechanisms of the village organization. We investigate to what extent differences in the foundation of the VO and of…
The Tragedy of the Park
Many scholars of common-pool resources have found that institutions might solve the tragedy of the commons. I address a particular situation of natural resource management: that of a protected area. In this situation, interests differ. Local rural inhabitants care about the quality of their environment but also need to exploit the resources for livelihood reasons. An external entity such as the State, a donor, an NGO, or some combination thereof …
The Tragedy of the Park
Many scholars of common-pool resources have found that institutions might solve the tragedy of the commons. I address a particular situation of natural resource management: that of a protected area. In this situation, interests differ. Local rural inhabitants care about the quality of their environment but also need to exploit the resources for livelihood reasons. An external entity such as the State, a donor, an NGO, or some combination thereof …
Who Had the Idea to Build Up a Village Organization? Some Evidence From Senegal and Burkina Faso
In this paper we deal with the relationship between external donors and village organizations (VOs) in Western Sub‐Saharan Africa. We utilize a large dataset of village organizations in rural areas of Senegal and Burkina Faso. We argue that the kind of relationship established with northern donors may have effects on the governance mechanisms of the village organization. We investigate to what extent differences in the foundation of the VO and of…
Earmarking conservation
The dilemma of NGOs and participatory conservation
Is water consumption embedded in crop prices? A global data-driven analysis
Agricultural production exploits about 70% of all water withdrawals around the globe, but to date, it is not clear if and how this water consumption is taken into consideration in the price of the agricultural primary goods. To shed light on this point, we analyze the farm gate prices of twelve representative crops in the period 1991-2016, considering data from 162 countries in total. The crop price dependence on the water footprint is investigat…
Measuring economic water scarcity in agriculture
High water availability enhances agricultural performance and food security. However, many countries where water is abundant according to hydrological indicators face difficulties in the utilization of water in agriculture, being in a situation of economic water scarcity (EWS), due to lack of institutional and material means for water management and governance. EWS faces a stronger challenge of measurability, if compared to physical water scarcit…
Interdisciplinarity and the future of development studies after the 2019 Nobel Prize in economics
The 2019 Nobel prize for Economics consecrated A. Banerjee, E. Duflo and M. Kremer’s hegemony on development economics. The emphasis they put on field experiments and randomized control trials (RCTs) matched the emphasis on evidence-based policies and on evaluation that dominated the development sector in the same years. Here, we take inspiration from the debates generated by the 2019 Nobel prize to reflect on the future of development studies. W…
An empirical assessment of the effects of electricity access on food security
Food security in the age of sustainable development
Does food import contribute to rising obesity in low‐ and middle‐income countries
Several studies show a positive association between the rise of obesity in developing countries and globalization, trade, and food trade, but most do not account for reverse causality between the prevalence of obesity and trade flows. Moreover, most studies adopt broad definitions of trade and food trade, notwithstanding the main effects of trade on obesity may pass through import of specific foods. We address these concerns by empirically invest…
Large agri-food corporations in the global staple and cash crops markets
The paper investigates the influence of major food corporations on global rice and coffee markets from 2013 to 2022, with a focus on market presence and water usage. It uses detailed data from the Euromonitor Passport and the CWASI datasets to analyze environmental impacts and virtual water (VW) flows at the company level, addressing gaps in the existing literature. Key findings show that although rice sales are larger than those of coffee in qua…
Eco-innovation diffusion in retailers’ last-mile delivery
Economics (11 works) · Business (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Agriculture (6 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Natural resource economics (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Food security (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Agricultural economics (3 works)