Idrissa OUEDRAOGO is a Ph.D. student in Governance and Regional Integration (defense scheduled in 2019) at the Pan African University Institute of Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences-African Union , and the University of Yaounde II, Cameroon. His is at the Department of Governance.

His primary field of interest is Development Economics. Specifically, his research interests include: Governance/Institutions, Human Development, Economics of Inequality, Globalisation, and Regional Integration in Africa.