SENAKPON FIDELE ANGE DEDEHOUANOU

Sènakpon Fidèle Ange DEDEHOUANOU holds a PhD in Development Economics from KU Leuven in Belgium. He also holds a doctoral degree in Applied Macroeconomics from the University of Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar in Senegal and a Maitrise in Economics from the University of Abomey Calavi in Benin. Senakpon worked for LICOS (Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance) in Leuven, Belgium. He is currently a researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Abomey Calavi in Benin. His research focuses on microeconomic and macroeconomic issues of development. He has quantitative skills and a thorough understanding of econometric techniques. He is a researcher network member of institutions such as the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), the African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium (AGRODEP), the Global Development Network (GDN), the African Econometric Society (AES), the Canadian Economic Association (CEA) and the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR). He has undertaken several studies with these institutions and others. He is a research fellow at STAARS (Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces). He has been a visiting scholar at Laval University (Québec, Canada), Cornell, and Syracuse University (New York, USA). He has been involved in research projects on agriculture, governance, social service delivery (water, education), social protection, food security, nutrition, (youth) employment, microfinance and entrepreneurship, gender, and other macroeconomic issues. He has presented some research works at international conferences and published some in peer-reviewed journals such as World Development, Review of Income and Wealth, The Journal of African Development, and The Journal of Development Studies.

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