Peer-reviewed publications - International economics - Political Economy

[6] "Trade and democracy in sub-Saharan African countries: a sector-based analysis". Democratization (2026). Online (Working paper) (Slides)

[5] "Necessary Evil: Water Treaties and International Trade". Review of World Economics (2024). Online (Replication files-Scripts & data) 

[4] "When climate change determines international agreements, the evidence of water treaties" (with F. Candau). Environmental and Resource Economics (2023), 85:3-4, pp 587-614. Online (Slides)

[3] "This water is all ours: Water demand and civil conflicts". Research in Economics (2022), 76:2, pp 120-130. Online

[2] "Beyond the Income Effect of International Trade on Ethnic Wars in Africa" (with F. Candau & G. Guepie). Economics of Transition and Institutional Change (2022), 30:3, pp 517-534. Online

[1] "Trade and Institutions: Explaining Urban Giants" (with F. Candau). Journal of Institutional Economics - Cambridge University Press (2019), 15:6, pp 1017-1035. Online

Peer-reviewed publications - Development economics - Digital development - Political economy

[6] New "The Impact of Online Activism on Civic Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa" (with Y. A. Noglo, K. Afawubo, K. O. Wonyra, V. Nyatefe). African Development Review (2025). Online (Long version).

[5] "In the Technological Age: The Internet and the Performance of Micro-Enterprises in Togo" (with M. K. Couchoro, K. Afawubo, Y. Agbenyegan Noglo & A. Djibril). The Journal of Development Studies (2024). Online (Replication files-Scripts & data) 

[4] "Save Women Entrepreneurs: Gender, Cultural Context, and Micro-commerce Performance in Togo" (with K. Korem & K. Zinsou-Klassou). Small Business Economics (2024). Online (Slides) (Replication files-Scripts & data) 

[3] "From the Top to the Bottom: Global Environment and Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) Performance in the WAEMU countries" (with M. Couchoro & K. Agossou). Journal of International Development (2021),  37:7, pp 1087-1111. Online

[2] "Mobile Money Adoption and Households’ Vulnerability to Shocks: Evidence from Togo" (with K. Afawubo, M. Couchoro, M. Agbagla). Applied Economics (2019), 52:10, pp 1141-1162. Online

[1] "Microfinance and Human Development in ECOWAS Countries: a Macroeconomic Perspective" (with M. Couchoro). Journal “Mondes en développement” (2017). Online

Working papers

+ 5 WPs in "International trade" & "Digital development".

Data

[4] (2021) "Internet offering and pricing in African countries: fine-grained data at mobile network operators' level".

[3] (2020) "Monthly temperature and precipitations at country-basin level". See Online WP

[2] (2019) "International Trade (Exports) and income Data for African Ethnic Groups".

 Technical document: "Exports data at African Ethnic Groups’ Level", See Online WP

[1] (2018) "Urban-rural Income Gap Using Night-light Pictures from outer space / 1rst release".

 Technical document: "Night-light data and ArcGis: Approximating Urban-Rural Income Gap Measure / V1". Doc

Selected conferences & seminars

[23] (2025) Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) - Economic Research South Africa (ERSA) december workshop - "Frontiers in applied economics for developing countries"; University of Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa). Youtube

[22] (2025) The Scientific Days of The Beninese Economy (JSEB) - "Institutions and Prosperity of Nations" (Cotonou, Bénin).
[21] (2025) 8th ASRIC Scientific Conference; African Scientific, Research and Innovation Council (ASRIC) (Abuja - Nigeria).
[20] (2025) 28th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis - "Accelerating Economic Transformation, Resilience, Diversification, and Job Creation"; Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) & the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) (Kigali - Rwanda). Media
[19] (2025) 14th Annual Meeting of the Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Research Society (ABERS) - "Doing Business in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities"; Institut Polytechnique Houphouët Boigny (Yamoussokro - Côte d'Ivoire).

[18] (2025) International Scientific Symposium on the SDGs; University of Kara (Kara - Togo).

[17] (2025) 1st international scientific symposium on the blue economy: “Issues, challenges and prospects for the blue economy in Africa; University of Lomé (Lomé - Togo).

[16] (2024) Doctoriales  (CREAMO), University of Lomé (Lomé - Togo) (Slides).

[15] (2024) XXÈME édition des journées scientifiques internationales de Lomé (JSIL-2024), University of Lomé (Lomé - Togo).

[14] (2024) The 2024 Africa Meeting of the Econometric Society (AFES - Côte d'Ivoire).

[13] (2023) Seminaire 2023 de developpement des compétences du reseau THINK–TANK UEMOA - (Lomé - Togo).

[12] (2023) Summer School: Development Methodologies - Held by A. Banerjee & E. Duflo (JPAL - Morroco).

[11] (2023) The 2023 Africa Meeting of the Econometric Society (AFES - Kenya).

[10] (2022) 70th Congress of the French Economic Association (AFSE); University of Bourgogne (Dijon - France).

[9] (2022) Environmental Economics: A Focus on Natural Resources; University of Orléan (Orléans - France).

[8] (2021) GATE Lyon-Saint Etienne Seminar; Saint-Etienne School of Economist (Saint-Etienne - France).

[7] (2021) 26th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE).

[6] (2020) Irmap-ESC Business School Pau seminar (Pau-France).

[5] (2020) International Conference, Bamako Forum Foundation; Africa by 2040: between history and the future (Bamako-Mali).

[4] (2019) Exchange Meeting at University of Lomé (Lomé-Togo).

[3] (2019) 19th Economics Meeting of “Cercle des Economistes” - ReAix2019 (Aix-en-Provence - France).

[2] (2018) 13th meeting of Urban Economics Association; Columbia University (New York, USA).

[1] (2016) Microfinance Insight Forum 18 (MIF-18), Getting back to our raison d’être: accountability to the poor, ESC Burgundy Business School (Dijon, France).

Miscellaneous (oldies, books & reports)

[3] (2023) Digital Africa: Technological Transformation for Jobs. Book (The world Bank Group) Online. Media

[2] (2016) Foreign reserve adequacy ratios and reserve demand function in WAEMU countries. Working paper Online

[1] (2016) Enquête sur la transition de l'école vers la vie active des jeunes hommes et femmes du Togo. Report (International Labour Organization) Online