Hello! I am a tenure-track researcher (Chaire de Professeur Junior) at INRAE, and a member of the Centre for Environmental Economics - Montpellier (France).
My research is at the intersection between conservation and development economics. I've notably been working in & on Eastern D.R Congo and Madagascar over the last years. While at the World Bank, I also worked on the economics of water.
Google Scholar profile and Curriculum Vitae
Email: sebastien.desbureaux[at]inrae[dot]fr
Subsidising Electric Cooking to Protect the Environment: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in the D.R. Congo with Lara Collart, Nik Stoop, Marijke Verpoorten (University of Antwerp), Raphael Soubeyran (CEE-M), Matthieu Couttenier (ENS Lyon), Natsuno Shinagawa, Jean de la Croix Kembere and Christine Musharhamina (Parc National des Virunga). [Working paper] [CEPR discussion paper] [Pre-Analysis Plan] [AEA Registry]
Promoting jobs creation to save wildlife? An experiment in the D. R. Congo with with Stefan Dercon and Ashley Pople (Oxford University), Gracieux Mutaka (Parc National des Virunga) and Richard Gilbert Nikiema (CEE-M) [Project Page] [AEA Registry]
From demand deficit to development strategy: navigating mini-grid viability in a fragile context with Elie Lunanga, Nik Stoop and Marijke Verpoorten (2025). R&R Energy Economics [Working paper]
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