Marie-Ange Véganzonès-Varoudakis is a research fellow at the Centre d’Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université. She has held assignments with the World Bank, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the French Ministry of Economy and the United Nations. Her research has focused on economic policy, economic growth, trade, exchange rate, foreign direct investment, corporate productive performances, innovation, technology transfer and governance, with emphasis on the Middle East, Latin America, and South Asia.