Authors

Developed under the scientific advice of Sir Partha Dasgupta, Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge, the IWR 2012 features contributions by over a dozen leading scholars. Authors were selected based on their outstanding scientific expertise in inclusive wealth and environmental economics, and an extensive publication record in the areas of natural capital, human well-being, social welfare, and valuation, among others. Members of the review board were also chosen based on their expertise in the field, strong academic credentials, and a good publishing record in the relevant areas covered by this report.

Inclusive Wealth Report 2012

Research Student

Matthew Agarwala

Matthew Agarwala works on virtual water, nexus of water, gender and economic development, and water's place in green accounting. |Read more

Professor of Environmental Economics

Prof. Charles Perrings

Charles Perrings is a Professor of Environmental Economics at Arizona State University, where he directs the Ecoservices Group. |Read more

John S. Bugas Professor of Economics

Prof. Edward B. Barbier

Edward Barbier is the John S Bugas Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Wyoming. He has over 25 years experience... |Read more

Assistant Professor of Ecological Economics

Dr. Kirsten Oleson

Kirsten Oleson is an Assistant Professor of Ecological Economics in the Natural Resources and Environmental Management department, University of Hawaiʻi. |Read more

Ecological Economist

Dr. Leonie Pearson

Leonie Pearson is an ecological economist interested in applying systems thinking to regional development problems around the world. |Read more

Professor of Ecological Economics

Professor Stephen Polasky

Stephen Polasky holds the Fesler-Lampert Chair in Ecological/Environmental Economics at the University of Minnesota. He received a PhD in Economics from... |Read more

Research Associate & Lead Scientist

Dr. Heather Tallis

Heather Tallis is a Research Associate in the Department of Biology at Stanford University. She is also Lead Scientist of the Natural Capital Project. |Read more

GIS Analyst, Natural Capital Project

Stacie Wolny

Stacie Wolny develops and applies the terrestrial hydrology toolset for the Natural Capital Project and supports Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology. |Read more

Ecologist

Juan Sebastian Lozano

Juan Sebastian Lozano is an ecologist from Javeriana University in Colombia. He worked with Fundación Natura for one year doing socioeconomic analysis of farms. |Read more

Water resources economist

Dr. Chris Perry

Chris Perry is a water resources economist. He worked for the World Bank for over twenty years, mostly in South Asia and the middle east. |Read more

Assistant Professor of Economics

Dr. Kevin J. Mumford

Kevin Mumford is an assistant professor in the Economics Department at Purdue University, where he has been since 2007.  He has a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford. |Read more

Professor of Energy and Environment Policy

Dr. Paul Ekins

Paul Ekins has a doctorate in economics from the University of London and is Professor of Energy and Environment Policy at the UCL Energy Institute. |Read more

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Policy

Dr. Giles Atkinson

Giles Atkinson is currently Reader in Environmental Policy at the Department of Geography & Environment and an Associate of the Grantham Research Institute. |Read more

Chair | Scientific Committee

Prof. Sir Partha Dasgupta

Sir Partha Dasgupta is Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge, is the Science Advisor of the Inclusive Wealth Report 2012, and Scientific Committee Chair of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP). |Read more

Project Assistant

Elorm Darkey

Elorm Darkey supports IHDP's science unit as a Project Assistant for the Inclusive Wealth Report (IWR). His primary research interests lie in welfare economics as well as in environmental and sustainability issues as vital components of well-being. |Read more

Project Assistant

Dr. Pablo Fuentenebro

Pablo Fuentenebro earned his PhD in Geography from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2011. Focusing on the cultural dimension of urbanization. |Read more

Executive Director

Prof. Anantha Kumar Duraiappah

Anantha Duraiappah is IHDP's Executive Director. He is an experienced environmental-development economist whose work focuses on the equity of access to ecosystem services. |Read more