Staff

Katrina Kosec

Research Fellow
Division: 
Development Strategy and Governance
Email: 
k.kosec@cgiar.org
Office: 
IFPRI-Washington, DC
Position: 
Senior Research Staff

Katrina Kosec is a research fellow with the Development Strategy and Governance Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). She is an applied microeconomist working at the intersection of development economics, political economy, and public economics. Katrina holds a Ph.D. in Political Economics and an M.A. in Economics from Stanford University. Her dissertation studies various aspects of the political economy of publicly-provided goods: how governments allocate public revenues between goods with and without private sector substitutes; how private sector involvement in infrastructure affects consumers; and the effects of inter-governmental competition on income and growth. Her current research studies the causes and effects of government policies that have large impacts on vulnerable groups, with particular attention to the institutions that incentivize investments in the poor. Before joining IFPRI, Katrina spent over five years working with organizations including the Human Development Group at the World Bank, the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, the U.S. Department of State, and the world Bank’s Development Research Group.

Awards

  • Lead P.I., 3ie Social Protection Thematic Window Grant, “Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Community-Based Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Tanzania” ($620,000), 2012-2013
  • International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Strategic Innovations Fund Award ($50,000), 2012
  • Time Warner Cable, Award from Research Program on Digital Communications ($20,000), 2011
  • Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) Dissertation Fellowship, 2010 – 2011
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (Economics), 2006 – 2010
  • Best Paper Award, NYU Alexander Hamilton Center for Political Economy Conference, 2008
  • Grant, Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD) Workshop, 2010
  • Fulbright Fellowship for research in Ecuador, 2003
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Honors Thesis Award, 2003
  • Toyota Community Scholars Award ($20,000 scholarship in recognition of community service), 1999-2003
Personal Website: 
http://works.bepress.com/katrina_kosec/
Selected Publications: 
Federal Competition and Economic Growth (2013). John William Hatfield, Katrina Kosec. Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 93, No. 1, pp. 144-159.
Malnutrition, Child Health, and Water Quality: Is There a Role for Private Sector Participation in South Asia? (2012). Katrina Kosec. CESifo Economics Studies, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 450-470.
Early Child Education: Making Programs Work for Brazil's Most Important Generation (2012). David Evans, Katrina Kosec. World Bank Study. (with David K. Evans)
Has Private Participation in Water and Sewerage Improved Coverage? Empirical Evidence from Latin America. 2009. Clarke, George R.G., Katrina Kosec, and Scott Wallsten. Journal of International Development, Vol. 21, No. 3, p. 327-361.
Public or Private Drinking Water? The Effects of Ownership and Benchmark Competition on U.S. Water System Regulatory Compliance and Household Water Expenditures. 2008. Wallsten, Scott and Katrina Kosec. International Journal of Industrial Organization
What Affects the Quality of Economic Analysis for Life-Saving Investments. 2006. Hahn, Robert W., Katrina Kosec, Peter J. Neumann, and Scott Wallsten. Risk Analysis, Vol. 26, No. 3, p. 641-655.
The Iraq War: The Economic Costs. 2006. Wallsten, Scott and Katrina Kosec. The Milken Institute Review, Vol. 8, No. 3.
The Ones Who Preserve Our Identities: Women, Children, and Plan Colombia. 2003. Kosec, Katrina. Cultural Survival Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 4, p. 46-48.
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