Research

This page features my current research projects as well as my published works

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

• From Rules to Freedom: How Fiscal Rules Influence Capital Flow Restrictions (2026), Open Economies Review, 1-40.

• Unemployment impact of network sectors and employment protection legislation reforms: Evidence from selected african countries (2026) , joint with Isaac AMEDANOU, World Development, 1-24.

• Pro-Market Economic Reforms and Resource Curse: Do Initial Conditions Matter? (2025) , joint with Isaac AMEDANOU, Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 1-24.

• Improved seeds and motorized tillage: an integrated approach to maximizing agricultural productivity in Burkina Faso (2025) , joint with Amandine LARE and Amine BOUTABBA, Applied Economics, 1-24.

• Labor productivity growth effects of structural reforms: evidence from developing countries (2024), Journal of Productivity Analysis, 1-32.

• International monetary fund conditionality and structural reforms: Evidence from developing countries (2024), joint with Ablam Estel APETI, Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 1-48.

• Impact of uncertainty on economic growth: The role of pro-market institutions in developing countries (2024), Kyklos, 1-42.

• Distributional Effects of Structural Reforms in Developing Economies: Evidence from financial liberalization (2023), Open Economies Review, 1-34.

• Microfinance et pauvreté : évidence empirique pour les quartiers périurbains de Lomé, Togo (2022), joint with LARE,Amandine; LESSOUA, Albert; DIAW, Dadie; BOUTABBA, Amine Revue d’économie du développement, 2021/3 Vol. 29, pp. 79-116.

• Impact des mini réseaux d’Adduction d’Eau Potable sur les conditions de vie des ménages ruraux au Niger (2023),joint with LARE, Amandine; KONE, Noukignon Revue d’Économie Régionale et Urbaine, 2021/4 Octobre, pp. 593-626.

Work in progress

• Growth Effects of Public–Private Partnerships: Empirical Evidence from Developing Countries, joint with Isaac AMEDANOU

• Productivité agricole et genre au Burkina Faso, joint with Amandine LARE and Amine BOUTABBA

• How does labour market institutions affect income inequality in emerging and low income countries? Drawing lessons from experience

• Financial Reforms and Size of Microfinance Institutions: Evidence from developing countries, joint with Ablam Estel APETI and Votsoma DJEKNA