Carlo is a Senior Research Fellow in the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. He is an economist and statistician with almost 20 years of experience in microeconomic research, in addition to collection, implementation, supervision, and analysis of household and community survey microdata. His interests include the relationships among poverty, nutrition, food security, agriculture, environment, production, and migration, analyzed both at the micro- and macroeconomic level, mostly through quantitative (statistical and econometric) methods. He has conducted research and fieldwork activities in sub-Saharan Africa, Central America, and Eastern Europe. Before joining IFPRI, Carlo worked at the World Bank, FAO, UNICEF, and the African Development Bank, where he was involved in research on agricultural development, poverty, and nutrition, collaborating on several research projects and flagship publications. He led the evaluation of the largest sustainable agriculture intensification program in Africa, in addition to several impact assessments of agricultural development interventions from multilateral development agencies. Carlo received a PhD and master’s degree in Economics from the University of Rome-Tor Vergata.