

William Masters
Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition and Department of Economics, Tufts University
Will Masters is an applied economist working on international development in agriculture, food and nutrition, particularly in Africa. Before moving to Tufts in 2010 he was a faculty member in agricultural economics at Purdue University, and also worked as visiting faculty at the University of Zimbabwe, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and Columbia University. He received his PhD from Stanford University in 1991.
Recent work by William Masters
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What can we learn from food economics?
Food economics holds important lessons about market power in supply and product markets, poverty and malnutrition, and farm size.
Published 16.10.24
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Can the world’s poor afford a healthy diet?
New studies measure how many people cannot afford a healthy diet, establishing a useful benchmark for understanding global food systems and poverty
Published 13.12.19