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Lorenzo Pellegrini, PhD is Associate Professor of Economics of Environment and Development at the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University (ISS) in The Hague, The Netherlands, and Adjunct Professor at the University San Francisco of Quito, Ecuador. He received his PhD from the VU University of Amsterdam.
His research interests include the socio-environmental impact of extractive industries, environmental justice, impact evaluation, institutions and corruption. Recent publications have appeared in Geoforum, World Development, The Extractive Industries and Society, Capitalism Nature Socialism and Conservation Letters. Countries of research experience include Bhutan, Bolivia, Ecuador, Honduras, India, Italy, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, Rwanda, and Vietnam. Lorenzo has also led and participated in a number of research and capacity building projects in the Global South. He teaches courses on research methodology, development economics, development theory, sustainable development, and ecological economics.
- L. Pellegrini, M. Arsel, M. Orta-Martinez, C.F. Mena & G. Muñoa (2020). Institutional mechanisms to keep unburnable fossil fuel reserves in the soil. Energy Policy:112029. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.112029
- L. Pellegrini, M. Arsel, M. Orta-Martinez & C.F. Mena (2020). International Investment Agreements, Human Rights, and Environmental Justice: The Texaco/Chevron Case From the Ecuadorian Amazon. Journal of International Economic Law, 23 (2), 455-468. doi: 10.1093/jiel/jgaa016
- I. López-Cazar, E. Papyrakis & L. Pellegrini (2020). The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and corruption in Latin America: Evidence from Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago. Resources Policy. doi: 10.1080/08941920.2019.1688441
- C.F. Mena, M. Arsel, L. Pellegrini, M. Orta-Martinez, P. Fajardo, E. Chavez, A. Guevara & P. Espin (2019). Community-Based Monitoring of Oil Extraction: Lessons Learned in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Society & Natural Resources: an international journal. doi: 10.1080/08941920.2019.1688441
- L. Pellegrini & M. Arsel (2018). Oil and Conflict in the Ecuadorian Amazon: An Exploration of Motives and Objectives. European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 106 (July-December), 209-218. doi: 10.32992/erlacs.10413 [go to publisher's site]
- M. Orta-Martínez, L. Pellegrini & M. Arsel (2018). The squeaky wheel gets the grease”? The conflict imperative and the slow fight against environmental injustice in northern Peruvian Amazon. Ecology and Society, 23 (3), 7. doi: 10.5751/ES-10098-230307 [go to publisher's site]
- L. Pellegrini (2018). Imaginaries of development through extraction: The ‘History of Bolivian Petroleum’ and the present view of the future. Geoforum, 90 (March 2018), 130-141. doi: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.01.016 [go to publisher's site]
- L. Pellegrini & L. Tasciotti (2016). The electrification-malaria nexus: the case of rural Uganda. European Journal of Development Research, 28 (4), 521-535. doi: 10.1057/ejdr.2015.86
- M. Arsel, B. Hogenboom & L. Pellegrini (2016). The extractive imperative and the boom in environmental conflicts at the end of the progressive cycle in Latin America. The Extractive Industries and Society: an International Journal (print), 3 (4), 877-879. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2016.10.013
- M. Arsel, B. Hogenboom & L. Pellegrini (2016). The extractive imperative in Latin America. The Extractive Industries and Society: an International Journal (print), 3 (4), 880-887. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2016.10.014
- A.S. Bedi, L. Pellegrini & L. Tasciotti (2015). The effects of Rwanda's Biogas Program on energy expenditure and fuel use. World Development, 67 (March), 461-474. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.11.008
- L. Pellegrini, M. Arsel, F. Falconi & R. Muradian (2014). The Demise of a New Conservation and Development Policy? Exploring the Tensions of the Yasuní ITT Initiative. The Extractive Industries and Society: an International Journal (print), 1 (2), 284-291. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2014.05.001
- L. Pellegrini & L. Tasciotti (2014). "Crop Diversification, Dietary Diversity and Agricultural Income: Empirical Evidence from Eight Developing Countries.". Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d'études du développement, 35 (2), 211-227. doi: 10.1080/02255189.2014.898580
- L. Pellegrini & L. Tasciotti (2014). Bhutan: Between Happiness and Horror. Capitalism Nature Socialism, 25 (3), 103-109. doi: 10.1080/10455752.2014.898673
- L. Pellegrini & L. Tasciotti (2013). Rural Electrification Now and Then: Comparing Contemporary Challenges in Developing Countries to the USA's Experience in Retrospect. Forum for Development Studies, 40 (1), 153-176. doi: 10.1080/08039410.2012.732108
- R. Muradian, L. Pellegrini, M. Arsel & A.L. et (2013). Payments for ecosystem services and the fatal attraction of win-win solutions. Conservation Letters, 6 (4), 274-279. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00309.x
- L. Pellegrini (2012). Reflections: Joan Martinez-Alier. Development and Change, 43 (1), 341-359. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2012.01759.x
- L. Pellegrini & M.O. Ribera Arismendi (2012). Consultation, Compensation and Extraction in Bolivia after the `Left Turn¿: The Case of Oil Exploration in the North of La Paz Department. Journal of Latin American Geography, 11 (2), 103-120.
- L. Pellegrini (2012). Planning and natural resources in Bolivia: between rules without participation and participation without rules. Journal of Developing Societies, 28 (2), 185-202. doi: 10.1177/0169796X12448757
- A. Dasgupta, L. Pellegrini (2011). Land reform in Bolivia: the forestry question. Conservation and Society, 9 (4), 274-285. doi: 10.4103/0972-4923.92139
- A. Dasgupta, L. Pellegrini (2011). Land reform in Bolivia: the forestry question. Conservation and Society, 9 (4), 274-285. doi: 10.4103/0972-4923.92139
- L. Pellegrini (2011). Forest management and poverty in Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua: reform failures? European Journal of Development Research, 23 (2), 266-283. doi: 10.1057/ejdr.2010.49
- L. Pellegrini, M. Arsel & C.F. Mena (2011). Ecología Política de las Industrias Extractivas y el Desarrollo Dirigido por el Estado en Ecuador: Conflicto y Cooperación. Ventana a la Cooperacion, 4-11.
- L. Pellegrini (2010). Forest management in Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua: reform failures? European Journal of Development Research, 1-35.
- A. Dasgupta & L. Pellegrini (2009). The Impact of Tenancy Reform in West Bengal: Evidence from the National. European Journal of Development Research, 21, 231-249. doi: 10.1057/ejdr.2008.18
- L. Pellegrini & R. Gerlagh (2008). Causes of Corruption: A Survey of Cross-country Analyses and Extended Results. Economics of Governance, 9 (3), 245-263.
- L. Pellegrini (2007). Assessing the State of the World: Environment and Development. Development and Change, 38 (6), 1245-1254.
- L. Pellegrini & R. Gerlagh (2006). Corruption and Environmental Policies: What are the implications for the enlarged EU? European Environment: The Journal of European Environmental Policy, 16, 139-154.
- L. Pellegrini & R. Gerlagh (2006). Corruption, Democracy, and Environmental Policy: An Empirical Contribution to the Debate. The Journal of Environment & Development, 15 (3), 332-354.
- L. Pellegrini (2006). Logging and Corruption in Pakistan, Swat. Development ISSues, 8 (1), 18-19.
- L. Pellegrini & R. Gerlagh (2004). Corruption's effect on growth and its transmission channels. Kyklos, 57 (3):456.
- L. Pellegrini (2009). Environment and Development: the contributions of Hans Opschoor. DevISSues, 11 (2), 22-23.
- L. Pellegrini (2011). Corruption, Development and the Environment. Dordrecht: Springer
- E. Papyrakis & L. Pellegrini (2019). The Resource Curse in Latin America. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford: Oxford Unviersity Press doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1522,
- M. Arsel, L. Pellegrini & C.F. Mena (2019). Maria’s Paradox: Oil Extraction and the Misery of Missing Development Alternatives in the Ecuadorian Amazon. In P. Shaffer, R. Kanbur & R. Sandbrook (Eds.), Immiserizing Growth: When Growth Fails the Poor. Oxford: Oxford University Press [go to publisher's site] doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198832317.003.0009
- L. Pellegrini (2016). Resource Nationalism in the Plurinational State of Bolivia. In P.A. Haslam & P. Heidrich (Eds.), The Political Economy of Resources and Development: From Neoliberalism to Resource Nationalism. Routledge
- M. Bavinck, E. Mostert & L. Pellegrini (2014). Introduction. In M. Bavinck, L. Pellegrini & E. Mostert (Eds.), Conflicts over Natural Resources in the Global South - Conceptual Approaches (pp. 1-11). Leiden: CRC Press/Balkema [go to publisher's site]
- M. Arsel, C. Mena, L. Pellegrini & I. Radhuber (2014). Property rights, nationalization and extractive industries in Bolivia and Ecuador. In M. Bavinck, L. Pellegrini & E. Mostert (Eds.), Conflicts over Natural Resources in the Global South – Conceptual Approaches (pp. 109-128). Leiden: CRC Press/Balkema [go to publisher's site]
- G. kruseman & L. Pellegrini (2013). Institutions and forest management in the Swat region of Pakistan. In P.J..H. van Beukering, E. Papyrakis, J. Bouma & R. Brouwer (Eds.), Nature’s Wealth: The Economics of Ecosystem Services and Poverty (Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation) (pp. 234-258). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
- G. kruseman & L. Pellegrini (2013). Institutions and forest management in the Swat region of Pakistan. In P.J.H. van Beukering, E. Papyrakis, J. Bouma & R. Brouwer (Eds.), Nature’s Wealth: The Economics of Ecosystem Services and Poverty (Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation) (pp. 234-259). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
- M. Spoor, L. Pellegrini & N.H. Dung (2010). Reaping Bitter Fruit? Farmers Health and Pesticide Use in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. In V. Beckman, N.H. Dung, X. Shi, M. Spoor & J. Wesseler (Eds.), Economic Transition and Natural Resources Management in East and Southeast Asia (pp. 243-268). Aachen: Shaker Publications
- L. Pellegrini (2008). The rule of the jungle in Pakistan: a case study on corruption and forest management in Swat. In K. Padmaja (Ed.), Corruption: socio legal dimensions (pp. 154-193). Hyderabad: Icfai University Press
- L. Pellegrini (2007). The rule of the jungle in Pakistan: a case study on corruption and forest management in Swat. In Corruption, development and the environment (pp. 154-193). Hyderabad: The Icfai University Press
- L. Pellegrini (2004). Forestry Policies: From the Outcomes to the Hypothesis. ( Book of abstract of the 1st World Congress of Agroforestry). In Gainseville: University of Florida
- M. Bavinck, L. Pellegrini & E. Mostert (Ed.). (2014). Conflicts over Natural Resources in the Global South: Conceptual Approaches. Leiden: CRC Press/Balkema [go to publisher's site] doi: 10.1201/b16498
- L. Pellegrini (2011). [Bespreking van het boek Natural Resources and Economic Development]. Development and Change, 38(2), 354-355.
- L. Pellegrini (2011). Natural Resources and Economic Development [Bespreking van het boek Natural Resources and Economic Development]. Development and Change, 38(2), 354-355.
- L. Pellegrini (2008). Book Review of "The Institutional Economics of Corruption and Reform: Theory, Evidence and Policy" (J. G. Lambsdorff ed) [Bespreking van het boek Book Review of "The Institutional Economics of Corruption and Reform: Theory, Evidence and Policy" (J. G. Lambsdorff ed)]. Development and Change, 39, 711-712.
- L. Pellegrini (2007). Book Review of "Natural Resources and Economic Development (Edward B. Barbier ed., Cambridge University Press, New York, 410pp.) [Bespreking van het boek Book Review of "Natural Resources and Economic Development (Edward B. Barbier ed., Cambridge University Press, New York, 410pp.)]. Development and Change, 38, 354-355.
- L. Pellegrini (2006). Book Review of "Syndromes of Corruption: Wealth, Power, and Democracy (Michael Johnston ed) [Bespreking van het boek Book Review of "Syndromes of Corruption: Wealth, Power, and Democracy (Michael Johnston ed)]. Democratization, 13, 844-845.
- L. Pellegrini (2019). Community monitoring of socio-environmental liabilities with advanced technologies in the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon, 3ie Grantee Final Report. : New Delhi: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) [go to publisher's site]
- L. Pellegrini (2018). Behavioural responses to information on contaminated drinking water: randomized evidence from the Ecuadorian Amazon. (Extern rapport). : New Delhi: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) [go to publisher's site]
- A.S. Bedi, L. Pellegrini & L. Tasciotti (2014). Caught between necessity and feasibility. The effects of Rwanda’s Biogas Programme on energy expenditure and fuel use. (Preprints, ISS working papers. General series, no 589). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies
- A. Dasgupta & L. Pellegrini (2009). Land Reform In Bolivia: The Forestry Question. (Intern rapport, ISS Working Paper Series, no 480). The Hague: Institute of Social Studies
- C. Kay, R. Escoto, O. Lara, J. A. Peres & L. Pellegrini (2008). Pobreza Rural y Desarrollo en Honduras, Nicaragua y Bolivia (Consultancy report for the Agencia Sueca de Desarrollo Internacional ASDI on the series Evaluacion e las Estrategias de Reducci Pobreza en America Latina). (Evaluaci¿e las Estrategias de Reducci¿e Pobreza en Am¿ca Latina: Informe Tem¿co 2007). Stockholm: Sida
- L. Pellegrini (2007). The Rule of The Jungle in Pakistan: A Case Study on Corruption and Forest Management in Swat (FEEM Working Paper Series, No. 91.07, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Milano, Venezia). :
- L. Pellegrini & R. Gerlagh. (2005). An Empirical Contribution to the Debate on Corruption, Democracy and Environmental Policy. : Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
- L. Pellegrini & R. Gerlagh. (2005). Are EU Environmental Policies Too Demanding for New Members States?.. Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei. : Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
- A.S. Bedi, L. Pellegrini, J. Peters, M. Sievert & L. Tasciotti (2012). Impact Evaluation of Rwanda¿s Electricity Access Roll-out Programme (EARP). (Extern rapport). Netherlands: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Goverment of the Netherlands
- L. Pellegrini (2013). ”Extractive industries and 'the development curse' of Latin America”. London, UK. In Annual meeting of the Royal Geographical Society
- L. Pellegrini (2013). ”The Left Turn in Bolivia and Ecuador: environment and Development”. Lille, France. In The 10th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics
- L. Pellegrini (2012). “Environment and development after the 'Left Turn' in Bolivia and Ecuador: old wine in new bottles?” New York, USA. In Annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers
- L. Pellegrini (2012). “Evolving property structures of hydrocarbons and minerals: The nationalization process of Bolivia and Ecuador” and “Crop Diversification, Dietary Diversity and Agricultural Income: Empirical Evidence from a Sample of Developing Countries” Paris, France. In IIPPE (International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy) conference
- L. Pellegrini (2011). “Alternative models for environmental management: looking at Bolivia and Ecuador”. Conference held at ISS. In Nature™ Inc? Questioning the Market Panacea in Environmental Policy and Conservation
- L. Pellegrini (2008, april 15). Corruption, Development and the Environment. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (127 pag.) Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. H. verbruggen & prof. dr. R. Gerlagh.
- L. Pellegrini (2019, maart 1). Community-Based Environmental Monitoring in The Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon: Technologies as Instruments in the Struggle for Environmental Justice. Leiden University, Environmental Issues conference: The Role of Society and Economy.
- L. Pellegrini (2011, oktober 31). On the left turn in Latin America and alternative development models. Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Political Economy of Extractive Industries Workshop.
- L. Pellegrini (2011). Participation, planning and natural resources in Bolivia: from fiction to practice?
- L. Pellegrini (2010). The Rule of the Jungle: corruption and forest management in Pakistan, Nicaragua and Honduras. Eleventh Biennial Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics: Eleventh Biennial Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics (2010, augustus 1).
- L. Pellegrini (2010). Indigenous movements and extraction in Bolivia: cooptation, participation, resistance. Annual Conference of the Netherlands Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Groningen, The Netherlands.
- L. Pellegrini (2009). Corruption in Economics. Paper presented at the XVIIth conference of the Italian Association for the Study of Comparative Economic Systems (AISSEC): Perugia, Italy (2009, juni 25 - 2009, juni 27).
- L. Pellegrini (2009). Forest management in Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua: reform failures?
- L. Pellegrini (2009). Land Reform in Bolivia: a forestry policy? Paper presented at the Eighth Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE): Ljubljana, Slovenia (2009, juni 29 - 2009, juli 2).
- L. Pellegrini (2008). Forest Management in Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua: towards sustainability? Paper presented at the Tenth Biennial Scientific Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics: Nairobi (2008, augustus 7 - 2008, augustus 11).
- L. Pellegrini (2007). Forest management and poverty reduction in Bolivia: the new epiphany? Paper presented at the Third Latin-American and Caribbean Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists: Talca, Chile (2007, september 29 - 2007, september 28).
- L. Pellegrini (2006). The rule of the jungle in Pakistan: A case study on Corruption and Forest Management in Swat" Kyoto, Japan (Paper presented at the Third World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Kyoto, Japan, July 2006).
- L. Pellegrini (2006). The rule of the jungle in Pakistan: a case study on corruption and forest management in Swat. Paper presented at the Third World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists: Kyoto (2006, juli 3 - 2006, juli 7).
- L. Pellegrini (2005). A conceptual framework for the study of institutions and institutional change in forests management. Paper presented at the Second Latin-American and Caribbean Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists: Oaxaca, Mexico (2005, maart 18 - 2005, maart 20).
- L. Pellegrini (2005). Are EU environmental policies too demanding for new members? Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics: Lisbon (2005, juni 14 - 2005, juni 17).
- L. Pellegrini & G. kruseman (2005). A conceptual framework for the study of institutions and institutional change in Pakistani forests management. Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics: Lisbon (2005, juni 14 - 2005, juni 17).
- L. Pellegrini (2004). An Empirical Contribution to the Debate on Corruption, Democracy and Environmental Policy. Eighth Biennial Scientific Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics: Montreal, Canada (2004, juli 1).
- L. Pellegrini (2003). Corruption, Economic Development and Environmental Policy. Twelfth Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists: Bilbao, Spain (2003, juni 1).
- L. Pellegrini (2003). Forestry Policies: from the Outcomes to the Hypothesis. Research in Economics: Methodology, Coherence, Effectiveness: Siena, Italy (2003, mei 1).
- B.E. Buscher, M. Arsel, L. Pellegrini & W. Harcourt (2012). Environmental Studies Colloquium series: 'Critical Engagements with the Green Economy'. A series of three colloquia and a conference organized (March, June, October and November): .
- L. Pellegrini (2011). Alternative models for environmental management: looking at Bolivia and Ecuador. International conference: Nature™ Inc? Questioning the Market Panacea in Environmental Policy and Conservation: Den Haag (2011, juni 30 - 2011, juli 2).
- L. Pellegrini (2011). Indigenous movements and extraction in Bolivia: Cooptation, participation, conflict and resistance. The 9th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics Advancing Ecological: Boğaziçi University, Istanbul (2011, juni 14 - 2011, juni 17).
- L. Pellegrini (2011). on the left turn in Latin America and alternative development models. Political Economy of Extractive Industries Workshop: Copenhagen.
- M. Arsel, B. Hogenboom & L. Pellegrini (Eds.). (2016-2016) The Extractive Industries and Society: an International Journal (print), 3(4).
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- 2020
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