Chris Barrett
Professor
Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
933 publications
42,215 citations
102 h-index
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Top Papers (4)
2006-01-10 · The Journal of Development Studies · Sociology and Political Science
The economics of poverty traps and persistent poverty: An asset-based approach
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
196.9x expected for field · 1,484 citations
2009-10-01 · World Development · General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Agrifood Industry Transformation and Small Farmers in Developing Countries
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
148.6x expected for field · 886 citations
2016-10-18 · Food Policy · General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Ten striking facts about agricultural input use in Sub-Saharan Africa
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
134.3x expected for field · 547 citations
2003-11-26 · American Journal of Agricultural Economics · Strategy and Management
The Rise of Supermarkets in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
87.7x expected for field · 1,326 citations
Recent Papers (8)
2026-02-22 · ICPSR Data Holdings
The Probability of Food Security: A new longitudinal data set using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Christopher L. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2026-02-22 · ICPSR Data Holdings
The Probability of Food Security: A new longitudinal data set using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Christopher L. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2026-02-19 · Nature Food · Strategy and Management
Author Correction: Agrifood value chain employment and compensation shift with structural transformation
Christopher L. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2026-01-17 · World Development · Soil Science
On risk-based poverty traps
Christopher L. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
Heather SchofieldProf Asst, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · GM
2026-01-15 · Geography and sustainability · Global and Planetary Change
Spatial heterogeneity in machine learning-based poverty mapping: Where do models underperform?
Christopher L. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2025-12-12 · Nature Food
Second best underestimates of malnutrition in an era of multiplying food crises
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2025-12-03 · American Journal of Agricultural Economics
The incidence of grocery taxes in US food and factor markets
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
Harry M. KaiserProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2025-11-17
Rice-Fish Co-Culturing for Sustainability, Food Security, and Disease and Poverty Reduction
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM