Elisabeth Sadoulet

Elisabeth Sadoulet (October 4, 1945 – October 17, 2025) was an economist and Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. She carried out field research in China, India, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa. Sadoulet was the editor of the World Bank Economic Review from 2010 to 2013, In 1985, she joined the University of California, Berkeley as a Lecturer where she has remained.

Sadoulet was the editor of the World Bank Economic Review from 2010 to 2013, and on the editorial board of the Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies from 2008 to 2010.

Sadoulet published in The American Economic Review (AER), The Economic Journal (EJ), the Journal of Development Economics (JDE), World Development (WD), Sadoulet is ranked #472 in the top 5% of the most prolific economists in the world, with 288 publications listed on IDEAS. Her works have been cited over 28,492 times on Google Scholar.

Awards Sadoulet became an honorary life member of the International Association of Agricultural Economists in 2018. She became a fellow of the American Association of Agricultural Economics in 2011. She is also a fellow of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA). Sadoulet received the College of Natural Resources (CNR) Distinguished Teaching Award in 2016. She was a recipient of the Publication of Enduring Quality Award at the AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting in 2021.

Selected publications