Fernando Aragon is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University. His research interests are Development Economics and Political Economy. His current work focuses on studying the role of natural resources on local economic development.
The development of modern sectors has long been linked to the displacement of traditional agriculture. The economic literature has focused on explanations associated with reallocation of inputs but has neglected other possible mechanisms, such as the negative externalities of environmental pollution on production. To explore this issue, we examine the case of modern gold...
1 Mar 2019
1 Apr 2013 | Fernando Aragon, Juan Pablo Rud
1 Apr 2013 | Fernando Aragon, Juan Pablo Rud
The objective of this project is to contribute to the debate about the local economic effects of natural resources. We focus on the case gold mining in Ghana and address the following questions: What is the effect of mining on living conditions of regional and local communities? Which are the main drivers of the observed effects? The Ghanaian case offers an...
1 Jan 2011 | Fernando Aragon, Juan Pablo Rud