Raymond P. Guiteras

Raymond P. Guiteras is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at North Carolina State University. His research focuses on development economics, environmental economics, and applied econometrics, particularly examining how households in developing countries mitigate environmental health risks through sanitation, water, and hygiene investments. He leads studies in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ghana, India, Malawi, and Uganda, investigating topics such as microfinance impacts, behavioral interventions, and the long-term effects of environmental exposure on human health.

Guiteras' work emphasizes experimental methods, including cluster-randomized trials, to evaluate interventions like financial incentives for sanitation investments and disgust-based messaging for health behavior change. Notable projects include assessing arsenic exposure's cognitive impacts in Bangladesh and analyzing flood exposure effects on children's development. He has also contributed to policy-relevant studies, such as comparing algorithmic and traditional approaches to poverty targeting.

His research outputs span high-impact journals and collaborative reports, including contributions to The Lancet Commission on water sanitation and health. He is affiliated with NC State’s Development Economics, Environmental Economics, and Labor and Health groups, reflecting his interdisciplinary focus. Though no grants or students are explicitly listed in the provided texts, his CV and Google Scholar profile highlight extensive peer-reviewed contributions and methodological innovations, such as the statacons tool for Stata automation.