Research interests

Al-Mouksit Akim is a development economist with extensive experience in academia and as a consultant for international organizations. Following his position at the World Bank within the Social Protection and Jobs department, he became an assistant professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Rabat, Morocco. He is also an associate researcher at DIAL-IRD, where he collaborates on projects examining the distributive effects of fiscal policies in Africa and the randomized evaluation of a microcredit program in Guinea. Additionally, he has initiated several research projects funded by organizations such as the PEP research network and UNU-WIDER.

His work is frequently presented at international conferences, including the Africa Econometric Society in 2024, the CSAE Oxford conference in 2022, the 5th World Bank Jobs for Development conference in 2021, and the UNU-WIDER conference in 2021. His research has also been published in top-tier journals in the field, such as World Development, Food Policy, Review of Development Economics, and Revue d’Économie du Développement.

Dr. Akim holds a Ph.D. in Development Economics from PSL Research University – Paris Dauphine University, which he earned in 2018. Prior to his Ph.D., he graduated from the National School of Economics and Statistics in Senegal (ENSAE-Senegal) with a diploma as an economist and statistician engineer.

With a strong background in economics and statistics, built through his education and professional experience, Dr. Akim is deeply committed to addressing challenges in development economics. His research interests include migration, structural change, financial inclusion, the distributive effects of fiscal policy, and social protection, using applied microeconometrics (causal inference) and microsimulation tools.