Draft:David Laborde

David Laborde (born 12 May 1977) is a French economist. His work focuses on food security, agriculture and food systems, and international trade. He is currently director of the Agrifood Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy.

Education and career
Laborde grew up in southwestern France. He has a bachelor's and Ph.D. in international economics from the University of Pau and the Adour Region (L'Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, often known by the initialism UPPA) in Pau, France.

He was a researcher at the Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII) in Paris, France, where he was a member of the Modelling International Relationships in Applied General Equilibrium (MIRAGE) team. He has been a GTAP research fellow since 2005 and is a contributor to the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) database.

Laborde was senior research fellow in the Markets, Trade and Institutions Division International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, D.C.

As an economic modeler, Laborde has developed several computable general equilibrium (CGE) models applied to trade and agriculture policies and environmental issues, including the MIRAGE and MIRAGRODEP models. . He has developed databases on applied tariff duties, such as the Market Access Map HS6 (MAcMapHS6) and the ADEPTA, as well as the Tariff Analytical and Simulation Tool for Economists (TASTE) software. His work includes quantifying the cost for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 (eradicating global hunger), incorporating the role of goods, capital, and migration flows.

Awards
Laborde is the recipient of the Alan A. Powell award in 2018.

Media
Laborde is frequently interviewed by media outlets on issues of food security and trade, including by The Guardian, The New York Times, Wired (magazine), Bloomberg News, Al Jazeera, and National Geographic. He has contributed columns to Centre for Economic Policy Research.

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Journal Articles, Working Papers and Book Chapter