In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Elisabeth Sadoulet, 1945-2025

Elisabeth “Betty” Sadoulet, professor emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, passed away on October 17.

Dr. Sadoulet joined the Berkeley faculty in 1985 after earning her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Geneva in Switzerland. She was a professor in the department of agricultural and resource economics and co-founder of the Center for Effective Global Action, a research hub working to address solutions for global poverty. After her retirement in 2017, Dr, Sadoulet continued to work as a professor emerita in the Graduate School, furthering her research and mentoring graduate students.

A scholar of development economics, Dr. Sadoulet focused her research on growth strategies, agricultural technologies, microcredit, conditional cash transfers, property rights over land, and environmental sustainability. She conducted field research around the world and served as an advisor to the United Nations, the World Bank, and the Mexican government. In addition to service on the editorial boards of several academic journals, Dr. Sadoulet had a stint as editor of the World Bank Economic Review. 

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