TEDxDavis-Travis J Lybbert-Seeing Development on a Bike... Instead of Development as Aid June 18, 2011

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Professor Lybbert helps us make sense of the big problem that is poverty. He says the solution to poverty is not direct investment but directing opportunities. He is a firm believer in the power of the entrepreneurial spirit and the ability of people to make their own success, so long as they are provided with the tools to do.
Travis Lybbert earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Economics from Cornell University, where he also taught engineering economics. He joined the faculty of the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Davis in August 2006 and currently teaches PhD, masters and undergraduate courses in economic development and applied economics. Dr. Lybbert conducts research in four interrelated areas of applied economics: risk, poverty dynamics, technology, and environment. Several of his current research projects involve work in various African countries. He has worked in North Africa, India, and in the Intellectual Property Division of the World Trade Organization.
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