Sébastien Dessus is the manager of the Global Trade and Regional Integration Unit at the World Bank. He previously served as regional economics manager for Africa at the International Finance Corporation, and as an economist in various positions and African countries at the World Bank and at the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development. Sébastien Dessus holds a PhD in economics from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and has published extensively in academic journals and books on issues related to growth, trade, macroeconomic management, environment, poverty, political economy, and general equilibrium modeling.