Marcel Fafchamps (born in 1955[1]) is a Belgian economist and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (Stanford University).
Pursuing an interest in research, Fafchamps then earned a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of California at Berkeley with an award-earning thesis in 1989, including a stay at ICRISAT in India.
Finally, since 2013, he has been back at Stanford University, where he works as senior fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
[3] Beyond his academic positions, Fafchamps is affiliated with J-PAL,[4] IZA,[5] CEPR,[6] CEGA[7] and the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD).
Marcel Fafchamps' research focuses on entrepreneurship, factor markets and the efficiency of social networks as well as political economies in Africa and South Asia.