John McPeak

Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration

336 Eggers Hall

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY 13210

Office Phone: 315-443-6146

Fax: 315-443-9721

e-mail: jomcpeak@maxwell.syr.edu

Courses:

PPA 723  Managerial Economics for Public Administrators

PPA 757/ ECN 661 Economics of Development

PPA 730-4 Institutions and Economic Change 

Education:

PhD in Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1999)

MA in Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1996)

BA in Economics and Sociology, Saint Lawrence University (1988)

Publications

Research Projects:

Current:

AMA CRSP Hunger Safety Net / Productive Safety Net  Project in Kenya (HSNPPlus)

Game to illustrate insurance, Karare Kenya, August 2008.  Photo by Sommarat Chantarat

GL-CRSP Mali Livestock Pastoralist Initiative (MLPI)

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Cattle in the Niger Delta, Mali, June 2008

GL-CRSP Livestock Marketing in Kenya and Ethiopia (PI)

GL-CRSP Pastoral Risk Management Project (co-PI)

        Briefs available at:  http://aem.cornell.edu/special_programs/AFSNRM/Parima/research.htm

BASIS-CRSP Rural Markets, Natural Capital, and Dynamic Poverty Traps in East Africa (team member)

AMAREW , working with an Ethiopian researcher on livestock crop interactions in the area of Debre Berhan, Ethiopia. (mentor)

Conferences and Workshops:

“Pastoralism and Poverty Reduction in East Africa:  A Policy Research Conference” Nairobi, Kenya, June 27-28, 2006. Co-organizer 

“Livestock Marketing in Kenya and Ethiopia”, Nairobi, Kenya August 11-13, 2003 Nairobi Workshop Proceedings 

“Reconciling Rural Poverty Reduction and Resource Conservation:  Identifying Relationships and Remedies.”  Cornell University, May 1-3, 2003. Co-organizer 

Some photos from Northern Kenya:

CV: CV0908mcpeak.pdf