Belinda Archibong

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Assistant Professor
Affiliation	Barnard College, Columbia University
Email	ba2207@columbia.edu
Mailing Address	Department of Economics Barnard Hall, 239 LeFrak 3009 Broadway New York, NY 10027 https://barnard.edu/profiles/belinda-archibong
Phone/Fax Number(s)	(212) 854-8952
Countries of Specialization	Nigeria
Education	Doctor of Philosophy in Sustainable Development, Columbia University, 2015 Master of Arts in Sustainable Development, Columbia University, October 2013 Bachelor of Arts in Economics/Philosophy, Columbia University, May 2010
Research Interests	Research on the role of geography and institutions in determining valuation of energy, infrastructure and natural resources for sustainable development. Research examining the relationship between infrastructure access and institutions in pre-colonial Africa and its implications for contemporary African development. Ph.D. thesis: Essays on the Impacts of Geography and Institutions on Access to Energy and Public Infrastructure Services. Columbia University, 2015. See: https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/catalog/ac:186998
Teaching Interests	2016-2017: “Logic and Limits of Economic Justice” ; “Theoretical Foundations of Political Economy” ; “Environmental and Natural Resource Economics”
Publications	2017. With Francis Annan. "The impact of disease, gender, and disability on children and households: disease and gender gaps in human capital investment: evidence from Niger’s 1986 meningitis epidemic," American economic review: papers & proceedings. 107 (5): 530-535. 2016. "Historical origins of persistent inequality in Nigeria." December 2016. WIDER working paper; no. 161/2016. Helsinki, Finland: United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2016. https://www.wider.unu.edu/publication/historical-origins-persistent-inequality-nigeria 2015. With Vijay Modi & Shaky Sherpa "Geography of infrastructure functionality at schools in Nigeria: evidence from spatial data analysis across local government areas," Papers in applied geography. 1(2): 176-183.
Keywords	precolonial Africa, Energy, Infrastructure access, natural resources, Nigeria, spatial