Rachidi Kotchoni
Email: rachidi.kotchoni@gmail.com
Research Interests
Time series and financial econometrics; Competition policy; Trade; Macroeconomic forecasting
Education
2018: Accreditation to Supervise Research ("Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches")
2010: Ph.D. Economics, Université de Montréal (Canada)
2005: M.Sc. Mathematical and Computational Finance, Université de Montréal (Canada)
2003: B.Sc. Statistics, ENEA Dakar (Senegal)
1999: DUEEG Economics, Université Nationale du Bénin (Abomey-Calavi, Benin)
Positions
2024- Present: Economist at the International Monetary Fund
2020 - 2024: Principal Country Economist at the African Development Bank
2018-2019: Senior Country Economist at the World Bank
2016 -2018: Maître de Conférences, Université Paris Nanterre
2014 - 2016: Assistant Professor, African School of Economics
Fall 2014: Visiting Scholar, University of Ottawa
2013 - 2014: Assistant Professor, ThÉMA, Université de Cergy-Pontoise
2012 - 2013: Invited Scholar, Economics, Université de Montréal
2011 - 2012: Visiting Scholar, University of Alberta
2010 - 2011: Postdoctoral Fellow, CREATE, Economics, Université Laval
2007 - 2010 : Instructor, Economics, Université de Montréal
Teaching Experience
Mathematics for Economists; Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Financial Economics; Introductory Finance, Portfolio Choice