Biography
Assistant Professor Raymond Guiteras received his PhD from the Massachusetts Insitute of Technology in 2008 and joined the faculty at the University of Maryland in the same year. His research focuses on issues related to the environment and health in developing countries. He is currently conducting randomized-controlled trials studying demand for latrines in rural Bangladesh, demand for and use of clean water and handwashing technologies in urban Bangladesh, and valuation of clean water in Kenya. Completed papers include a study of willingness to pay for clean water in Ghana and the impact of climate change on agriculture in India.
Areas of Interest:
environmental economics, development economics and applied microeconometrics