Economist
CurrentLeads economic research and big data analytics & AI solutions at Universal Postal Union (United Nations specialized agency).Developed the Integrated Index for Postal Development (2IPD).UPU Representative at UN Committee on Coordination for Statistical Activities.Contributor to UN Sustainable Development Goals Indicators Framework.Extensive field experience in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA):missions to Niger, Benin, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, Senegal, Kenya and South Africa.Co-organizer of the 2014 UPU Conference on The Internet of Postal ThingsOrganizer of the 2010 UPU Mail & Express Economics ForumCo-organizer of the 2009 UPU-AFI Conference on Financial Inclusion and Postal Banking.Latest research:– big data analytics and gravity models of international postal exchanges– impacts of the global economic and financial crisis on the postal and express industries– universal service and liberalization policies– destructive competition and market fragmentation in Latin America– two-sided markets in SSA and dynamic panel estimation of club effects– impact of financial inclusion and remittances policies on economic growth/poverty reduction/systemic risk– vertical networks externalities and bundling of infrastructure services– optimal termination pricing of interconnection of international networks– trade facilitation and Aid-for-Trade– macroeconomic vs. sector convergence in emerging Asian markets– follow-up rules of origin in the textile and clothing industry (outside UPU).Last but not least:– recognized by the postal industry for having predicted the global economic and financial crisis and its impacts on the sector.
