I am Professor of Economics at Le Havre Normandie University. I hold a PhD in Economics from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. I am specialised in development economics, with main interests in gender inequality, climate change and model-based policy analysis. Before, I was the Research Director of the Modelling Policies and Impact Analysis (MPIA) group for Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) at Laval University in Quebec. I also worked as a researcher at the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Sevilla and the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) in South Africa. I am affiliated with the research centre EDEHN (Equipe D’Economie – le Havre Normandie), of which I was the research director from 2019 to 2023. I am also affiliated with the global research network Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP).
Activities and Updates
2025-05-30: New Working Paper from SPES, Horizon Project. https://www.sustainabilityperformances.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/D7.3-SPES-Working-paper-on-The-distributional-effects-of-European-climate-policies-in-the-Global-South-%E2%80%93-a-model-assessment-for-Egypt.pdf
2025-04-30: New ODI Synthesis report https://odi.org/en/publications/lessons-from-the-russia-ukraine-war-assessing-african-economies-resilience-to-external-shocks/
2025-04-25: Stakeholder Workgroup meeting, InnWater, Horizon Europe Project. Presentation with Olivier Beaumais and Martin Henseler.
2025-03-04: Panelist at the "Knowledge sharing meeting on lessons learned on impacts and policy responses to the Russia-Ukraine. Implications for building resilience against future shocks in Africa. " organised by ODI
2025-01-31: Stakeholder Workgroup meeting, InnWater, Horizon Europe Project. Presentation with Olivier Beaumais and Martin Henseler.
2025-01-15: New academic article published in the journal World Developement Perspective co-authored by Margaret CHITIGA, Martin HENSELER, and Ramos MABUGU
2024-09-15: Gender Expert presentation, Impact of the war in Russia-Ukraine on the African economies Egypt and Kenya: a gendered macro-micro modelling assessment on the virtual workshop organised by IDRC.
2024-09-03: Final report presentation with Martin Henseler, and Jorge DAVALOS: Impact of the war in Russia-Ukraine on the African economies Egypt and Kenya: a gendered macro-micro modelling assessment on the virtual workshop organised by AERC, ODI, and IDRC.
2024-08-08: NTS Insight (popularization) has published our article Economic Impacts of Climatic Change on African Women written with Martin Henseler.
2024-05-13: Presentation of the interim report with Martin Henseler, and Jorge DAVALOS: Impact of the war in Russia-Ukraine on the African economies Egypt and Kenya: a gendered macro-micro modelling assessment on the virtual workshop organised by AERC, ODI, and IDRC
2024-01-31 SPES (Horizon Europe project) meeting in Bordeaux School of Economics. Working Package 7, with Jorge Davalos and Martin Henseler for PEP as partner.
2023-11-20 Invited speaker RSIS Webinar on “Climate Change and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda”
2023-10-23: The journal IDS Bulletin has published our article Co-Modelling for Relief and Recovery from the Covid-19 Crisis in Zimbabwe by Ramos MABUGU, Martin HENSELER, Margaret CHITIGA and Albert MAKOCHEKANWA, in its issue Knowledge in Times of Crisis: Transforming Research-to-Policy Approaches. The paper presents a model-based analysis of Covid-9 mitigation measures in Zimbabwe. By applying PEP’s participatory approach, we combine economic modelling with local policy decision makers’ expertise.
2023-06-15: Presentation at the 26th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (Bordeaux, France): "Broadening Engagement in a Resilient and Sustainable International Trading System". I presented in the session: "Global Effects of the War in Ukraine” our paper "Impacts of the Russia-Ukraine War on women in four African countries".
2023-04-13: New article published in the journal International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics co-authored by Margaret CHITIGA, Martin HENSELER, and Ramos MABUGU: The article is a narrative literature review on the nexus between climate change and women focussing on the gendered impacts and adaptations in developing countries.
2023-03-20: The Partnership for Economic Policy global research network (PEP) presents me through its newsletter as one of the PEP Pioneers.
2023-02-07: New article published in the Journal Economic Modeling together with Ramos MABUGU, Martin HENSELER, Margaret CHITIGA and Albert MAKOCHEKANWA. An output of a research project in the program Covid-19 Responses for Equity (CORE) funded by PEP and IDRC. Content: The assessment of COVID-19 impacts, adaptation and recovery policies in Zimbabwe.
2023-01-28: New article published in the International Journal of Microsimulation together with Francois CABRAL and Martin HENSELER. An output of a research project in the program PEP Rapid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, funded by PEP and IDRC. Content: COVID-19 impact analysis through the gender lens in Senegal.
2022-11-15: Presentation at the IEA-UNDP-WB Conference: Understanding the Gender and Climate Change Nexus (15-17 Nov 2022, virtual) organised by the International Economic Association (IEA) & UNDP (United Nations Development Program) (UNDP) & The World Bank (WB). I presented our paper on the macroeconomic impacts of climate change on South African women, which are more vulnerable than men.