Hénock M. Katuala

Hénock M. Katuala pursues a Master of Research in Development economics, with a focus on Governance of International Development Organizations, from Université Grenoble Alpes. Prior he obtained a Master of Research (DEA or BAC+7) in Quantitative economics and a master's degree in mathematical economics from the Université Protestante au Congo (UPC), under the supervision of Professors Francois Kabuya and Antoine Kamiantako. 

His research focuses on macroeconomics, political economy, development economics, economic policies (including PFM policies and reforms, Fiscal Policy, Monetary policy) and Econometrics fields. He also lectures at the Université Protestante au Congo. 

He is currently Economist at the International Monetary Fund based in Kinshasa (DRC ResRep) since February 2023. Prior, He worked as Consultant at the World Bank in the "Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment (MTI) Global Practice". He also worked as Economist at the consulting firm Congo Challenge, where he participated in several development studies.

He gained strong skills through several international certifications, including financial programming (Macro accounts and economic Program designing), Energy subsidy reform, Debt sustainability analysis for Low-income Countries (LIC DSF/DSA), Macroeconomics of Climate change (Adaptation and Mitigation strategies, Green PFM, Climate change risk for financial sector, Transitioning to Net-zero emission, etc.), Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) Assessment and Macro-econometric Forecasting (with intensive proficiency in related software: EViews, Stata, R, Gretel, Matlab/Dynare, Python).