
I study how trade & macro shape growth, nudging policy along the way. I teach at AU
Regionalizing Green Transition Minerals for Structural Transformation in Africa. 2025.
Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa : Seizing Opportunities in Global Value Chains. WBG. 2021.
Africa in the New Trade Environment: Market Access in Troubled Times. WBG. 2022
Structural Change in Africa: The Role of North–South and South–South Trade. The World Economy. 2026. (with G Ndubuisi & S. Owusu)
Unpacking the Dutch Disease: Resource Windfalls and Export Margins. IMF Economic Review (2025): 1-34. (with A. Lartey)
Regionalization of Global Trade: A New Order in the Making. Global Policy, Vol. 15. 2025
Uncertainty in Preferential Trade Agreements: Impact of the AGOA Suspension on Exports . Journal of African Economies. Vol. 34, Issue 5. 2025.(with H. Edjigu & S. Hakobyan)
Trade Barriers or Catalysts ? Non-Tariff Measures and Firm-Level Trade Margins. World Bank Policy Research working paper; No. WPS11024. World Bank. 2025 (with F. Dela Dem Doe A & A. Lartey)
Economic Transformation in Africa : The Role of North-South and South-South Trade. World Bank Policy Research working paper; No. WPS10896. World Bank. 2024 (with G. Ndubisi & S. Owusu)
Hotter Planet, Hotter Factories: Uneven Impacts of Climate Change on Productivity. World Bank Policy Research working paper; No. WPS10762. World Bank. 2024 (with A Woldemichael)
Food insecurity erodes trust.Global Food Security. Vol. 40. 100742 (2024) (With M.D. Smith & D. Wesselbaum)
Does financial inclusion empower women in Africa? Economic Notes 52 No. 3 e12226 (2023) (With A. Maruta & H. Edjigu)
Uncertainty in preferential trade agreements: Impact of AGOA suspension on exports. World Bank Policy Research working paper; No. WPS 10424. World Bank. 2023 (with H. Edjigu and S. Hakobyan)
Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa : Seizing Opportunities in Global Value Chains – Policy Note. World Bank. Washington, D.C. 2023 (with S. Owusu)
Africa in the New Trade Environment: Market Access in Troubled Times. Washington, DC: World Bank. 2022 (with S. Coulibaly and A.G. Zeufack)
Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Seizing Opportunities in Global Value Chains. World Bank: Washington, DC. 2021. doi: 10.1596/978-1-4648-1673-4. (with K. G. Abreha, E.K.K. Lartey, T. Mengistae, A. G. Zeufack)
Mobile Access Expansion and Price Information Diffusion. World Bank Policy Research working paper; No. WPS 9752. World Bank. Washington, D.C. 2021 (with K. Abreha, Jieun C., H. J. Kim, M. Kugler)
Trade Creation and Trade Diversion in African RECs: Drawing Lessons for AfCFTA. World Bank Policy Research working paper; No. WPS 9761. World Bank. 2021 (with P. N. Sawadogo)
COVID-19 and Trade in Africa: Impacts and Policy Response Africa Knowledge in Time Policy Brief; No. 1. World Bank Group. 2020 (Policy Note)
Financial development, exchange rate regimes, and growth dynamics. Policy Research working paper; No. WPS 8562. Washington, D.C. World Bank Group. 2019. (with E.K.K. Lartey)
Revisiting the Trade Impact of AGOA: A Synthetic Control Approach. CSAE 2018 Annual Conference, Oxford, UK. 2019. (with Souleymane Coulibaly)
Land Titling, Local Governance and Investment: An Empirical Investigation in Tanzania. Journal of Sustainable Development 11.1 (2018): 56.
Assessing food Insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean using FAO’s Food Insecurity Experience Scale. Food Policy Volume 71, 2017, Pages 48-61 (with P. Winters & M.D. Smith)
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS
Africa’s Pulse, No. 25, April 2022 : Boosting Resilience: The Future of Social Protection in Africa. © World Bank 2022
Africa’s Pulse, No. 22, October 2020 : An Analysis of Issues Shaping Africa’s Economic Future. © World Bank. 2020
Africa’s Pulse, No. 21. April 2020: An Analysis of Issues Shaping Africa’s Economic Future. © World Bank. 2020
The Future of Work in Africa : Harnessing the Potential of Digital Technologies for All. © World Bank. 2019
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
World Trade Forum 2025. Coping with chaos: sustaining the rules-based trade order. European Union University (EUI). Florence, Italy. 2025
28th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (GTAP)
“Accelerating Economic Transformation, Resilience, Diversification, and Job Creation” Kigali, Rwanda. 2025
The Econometrics Conference, Africa Region Meeting Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. 2024.
Center for the Study of African Economies Economic Development in Africa Conference. University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. 2024
American Economics Association / Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting. San Antonia, TX. 2024
Southern Economic Association 93rd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. 2023
Center for the Study of African Economies Economic Development in Africa Conference. 2023. University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Africa Knowledge Fest 2022, World Bank, Washington DC. 2022
Infra4Dev Conference: Infrastructure, Recovery & Growth: Building Out From the Pandemic. World Bank, IGC. 2022
Center for the Study of African Economies Economic Development in Africa Conference. 2019. University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
The Econometric Society Conference 2018 – Africa Meeting. Benin. 2018
Blog Posts
Industrialization in Africa must compete, connect, and create value
Industrialization drives the sustained growth in jobs and productivity that marks the developmental take-off of…
The economic and environmental future of Ethiopian coffee
Rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns are disrupting Ethiopia’s coffee production. This critical export crop…
A Bill to renew AGOA with Adjustments, April 11 2024
Two U.S. Senators, one Republican and one Democrat, have introduced the African Growth and Opportunity Act…
Nigeria’s border closure: a road block or a speed bump on the road to a successful AfCFTA?
(with Albert Zeufack) Original blog appeared here: Nigeria’s border closure: a road block or a…
Is there an optimal FVA share good for growth?
The rise of global value chains (GVCs) is one of the most important developments in…
The latest research on firms in Africa: A round-up of the 2018 Annual Bank Conference on Africa
with Markus Godlstein Original Source: The latest research on firms in Africa: A round-up of…
Blog Posts from my school days: http://ondevelopmentecon.blogspot.com/