Théophile Azomahou

Théophile Azomahou is Professor of Economics and Director of Training at the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). His research resonates around development economics at the frontier of evidence-based policy, quantitative empirics, and economic theory. He has proven track record and has published in peer reviewed academic journals and is guest editor. Prior to joining AERC in February 2021, he was, Senior Research Fellow at the United Nations University, UNU (2008-2018) in which capacity he led the UNU research group on `Economic Development, Innovation, Governance and Institutions’, Professor of Development Economics at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (2010-2020), and Professor of Economics at the University Clermont Auvergne, CNRS-CERDI (2015-2021) among other positions. Professor Azomahou holds a Ph.D and a Master degree in economics, both from the University of Strasbourg, France. He also received an executive education on ‘Cutting Edge of Development Thinking’ from Harvard Kennedy School. He is senior Fellow of the Pan-African Scientific Research Council and has been serving as AERC resource person since 2019.