Ismael Issifou is Associate Economic Affairs Officer at United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Orléans, France.
Prior to joining the United Nations Young Professional Programme, Ismael Issifou worked as a research associate at the Laboratoire d’Economie d’Orléans in France and published academic papers on international migration, natural resources, civil conflicts, governance and institutions. Ismael was a consultant at the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank in Washington and then joined the DFID-World Bank Africa Fellows Programme. Ismael Issifou has more than 6 years of experience in Development Economics.