Welcome

Welcome

I am a Research Assistant Professor at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington where I am the Lead Data & Analytics at the Evans School Policy Analysis & Research Group (EPAR).

I am an agricultural economist with a broad research interest and expertise in international development with a focus on agricultural technology adoption, agricultural transformation, climate risks and adaptation. In my doctoral dissertation, I use agricultural panel survey data to explore and assess the effectiveness of various mechanisms or policies intended to increase farmers’ investment in modern inputs that lead to improved crop productivity in Africa. Other aspects of my recent research relate to agricultural price analysis, barriers to trade and developing countries’ access to global markets, and food safety and food regulation in the global food value chain. My research has gender and inclusion lenses and often covers issues related to urbanization, education, health, and trade and their implications for rural development in Africa.

I received my Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Kentucky in 2017. I received a MSc (Statistician-Economist Engineer Diploma) in Statistics and Economics from the Sub-Regional Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (Cameroon) in 2009, and a MSc from Mathematics from the University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin) in 2006. He also spent a year as an international young fellow in the European Center for Development Policy Management in the Netherlands. Prior to graduate school, Didier worked as an economist-statistician at the AfricaRice center in Cotonou, Benin.

I am passionate about research and teaching and always excited to learn from the bright people I have the chance to meet.

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