Rimjhim Aggarwal

Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability

resource and environmental economics; water conflicts; poverty

SOS 322/598/SGS 394: International Development and Sustainability

SOS 325: Economics of Sustainability

SOS 400: Sustainable Use of Environmental Resources

Dr. Aggarwal's research explores global dimensions of sustainability such as the links between globalization, local ecosystems, and poverty in less-developed countries. She has conducted extensive field work on groundwater-irrigation institutions in India; her recent research examines the emerging tradeoffs between water availability and the growing demands of agriculture in dry-land regions of the world. Keywords: resource and environmental economics; water conflicts; poverty.

Select Publications

Aggarwal, R. M. 2007. Risk sharing and transaction costs in groundwater contracts: Evidence from India. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Aggarwala, R. M., and J. J. Rous. 2006. Awareness and quality of knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS among women in India. Journal of Developmental Studies.

Aggarwal, R. M. 2006. Impact of globalization on local ecosystems and the rural poor. World Development

Aggarwal, R. M. 2006. Resource poor farmers in South India. On the margins of frontiers of globalization? World Institute of Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Research Paper Series, RP 2006/97.

Ph.D., Cornell University, 1995

M.A., Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1989

B.A., Delhi University, 1987