Email Address: annosw@yahoo - International Initiative for Impact

OSWALD KOUSSIHOUEDE
Phone number: +221 77 108 70 86
Email addresses: [email protected], [email protected]
Post Office Box 3220 – Dakar, Senegal
Personal information
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Birth date: September 6, 1981.
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Citizenship: Beninese.
Professional skills
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Education systems analysis.
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Public policy analysis.
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Project monitoring.
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Impact evaluation.
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Data management, cleaning and processing.
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Econometric and statistical analyses.
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Advanced Stata programming.
Education
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2015: PhD in Economics, Université Gaston Berger (Senegal).
Thesis Title: Three Essays in the Economics of Education.
Advisors: Costas Meghir (Yale University, United States of America) and Adama Diaw
(Université Gaston Berger of Saint-Louis, Senegal).
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2008: Masters in Public Economics and Applied Statistics, Institute for Empirical
Research in Political Economy, Cotonou (Benin).
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2003: Bachelor of Statistics, National School of Applied Economics and Management,
Cotonou (Benin).
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2000: Baccalaureate C, Mathematics and Physics.
Additional trainings
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23-24 July 2015 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil): Introduction to structural equation modelling,
organized by the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and the Brazilian Institute of
Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
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08-10 December 2014 in Pretoria (South Africa): Evaluation of public policies, organized
by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the University of Pretoria.
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03-14 November 2014 in Dakar (Senegal): Item response theory, organized by the
Program for the Analysis of Educational Systems of CONFEMEN in collaboration with the
Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).
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08-19 September 2014 in Liege (Belgium): Item response theory, organized by the
Program for the Analysis of Educational Systems of CONFEMEN in collaboration with the
Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).
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11-13 August 2014 in Ann Arbor (United States): Training on hierarchical linear models,
organized by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).
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02-06 June 2014 in Dakar (Senegal): Impact evaluation and analysis of development
interventions, organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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16-20 December 2013 in Dakar (Senegal): Impact evaluation and analysis of
development interventions, organized by the International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI).
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09-13 September 2013 in Dakar (Senegal): Applied panel data econometrics, organized
by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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24-25 June 2013 in Singapore (Singapore): Training on hierarchical linear models,
organized by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational
Achievement and the National Institute for Education of Singapore.
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7-10 May 2012 in Toronto (Canada): Training on the analysis of international evaluation
data, organized by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational
Achievement and Educational Testing Service.
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26-30 March in Liege (Belgium): Training on item response theory, organized by the
Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences at the University of Liege.
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17-21 January 2011 in Paris (France): Training in methods for multi-level analysis and
multiple imputations, organized by the Conference of Ministries of Education of the
States and Governments of the Francophonie.
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10-14 May 2010 in Accra (Ghana): Training on methods of impact evaluation in the area
of education, organized by the World Bank.
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15-19 December 2008 in Dakar (Senegal): Training on methods of impact evaluation in
the areas of health and education, organized by the World Bank.
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2-16 July 2004 in Cotonou (Benin): Training on the evaluation of public policies,
organized by the Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy.
Professional experience
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January 2012 to present: Technical advisor, Chief of the division “Data management and
statistical analysis” at the Programme for the Analysis of Education Systems of
CONFEMEN (PASEC). In Senegal.
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Responsible for the pre-validation of technical work (sampling, data
management, cleaning, weighting, programming in Stata, psychometric and
statistical analysis, etc.) of technical advisors in the division “Data management
and statistical analysis”.
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Interface with the scientific committee of PASEC for analytical questions
(econometric and statistical).
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Responsible for supervising the production and pre-validation of the first
international report for PASEC.
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Responsible for learning assessments and writing of assessments reports.
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Responsible for econometric modelling and statistical analysis.
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Responsible for capacity building for PASEC’s national teams.
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Involved in the definition of the program’s strategic mission statements.
October 2011-April 2013: Technical advisor, acting coordinator of PASEC. In Senegal.
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Team leader and direct collaborator of the Secretary General of CONFEMEN.
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Responsible for learning assessments and writing of assessments reports.
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Responsible for the capacity building for PASEC’s national teams.
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Responsible for supervising the preparation of the program’s multi-year action
plan for 2013-2016.
2010-2011: Technical advisor at PASEC. In Senegal.
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Responsible for learning assessments and writing of the assessments reports.
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Responsible for the capacity building for PASEC’s national teams.
2008-2010: Consultant for the World Bank-Field coordinator for an Impact Evaluation of
School Grants on Learning Outcomes. In Senegal.
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Assistance in designing the (randomized) intervention and in monitoring the
compliance of all activities to the evaluation’s concept note.
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Development of instruments for collecting contextual data and piloting of the
instruments.
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Training of the impact evaluation national team at the Ministry of Education.
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Supervision and coordination of all field activities.
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Interface between the investigators on the project and the Ministry of Education
of Senegal.
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Preparation and monitoring of the budget (in conjunction with the project’s
supervisor).
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Participation in the writing and editing of impact evaluation reports.
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November 2009-March 2010: Consultant for the World Bank-Responsible for the
implementation of the initiative “Making the Grade”.
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June 2007: Consultant for the data processing and analysis of the survey on the
evaluation of Population World Day in Benin.
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July 2005: Consultant for the processing and analysis of data from the survey on “Place
de la kinésithérapie dans la prise en charge des patients atteints du rachis lombaire
degeneratif” in Benin.
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July 2005: Consultant for the creation of a yearbook for the school district of Sô-Ava
(2003-2004 Edition) in Benin.
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June 2005: Consultant for the processing and analysis of data from the survey on “La
goutte: Aspects épidémiologique, clinique, para clinique et thérapeutique au CNHU” in
Benin.
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April 2005: Consultant for the processing and analysis of data from the survey on
“Résistances primaire et acquise des Mycobactéries du complexe tuberculosis aux antituberculeux au Centre national hospitalier de pneumo-phtisiologie de Cotonou” in
Benin.
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2004-2005: Statistician at the Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Economy and
Finance. In Benin.
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Responsible for the cyclical analysis and forecasting for the General Directorate
of Economics.
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Representative of the Economic Affairs Bureau to the team in charge of
preparing the first edition of the National Health Accounts.
Teaching experience
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Introductory courses to impact evaluation and poverty analysis. November 2015.
Université Gaston Berger of Saint-Louis (Senegal).
Research in progress
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School Resources, Teachers’ Absenteeism and Learning Outcomes. Joint with E. Maïga.
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Estimating the causal effect of school size on educational attainment.
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An extended specification of the three-level linear model with applications to school
systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. Joint with C. Monseur.
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The Analysis of Inequality of Opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Joint with H.
Hounkpodoté.
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Bridging the gap between research and educational policy. Joint with M. Blimpo.
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NRIR: A Stata Package for Recoding Tests Items prior to Psychometric Analysis. Joint
with E. Hounkpodoté.
Book chapters
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Test implementation in the field: The case of PASEC. Forthcoming. In J. Cresswell, P.
Lietz, K. Rust, & R. Adams (Eds). Implementation of large scale education assessments.
Wiley: New York. Joint with A. Marivin and V. Sy.
Other contributions
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Performances des systèmes éducatifs en Afrique subsaharienne francophone:
Compétences et facteurs de réussite au primaire. 2015. Dakar: CONFEMEN. Joint with L.
L. Diallo, P. Gomes, M. Hamani Ounténi, H. Hounkpodoté, J. Malpel, A. Marivin, V. Sy
and B. Tankeu.
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The Distributional Impacts of School Size on Learning Outcomes in Senegal. 2015.
Forthcoming in the Proceedings of the 60th World Statistics Congress, 26-31 July 2015,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Session CPS576.
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Decentralizing education research: School grants in Senegal. 2015. National Bureau of
Economic Research working paper n°21063. Joint with P. Carneiro, N. Lahire, C.
Mommaerts and C. Meghir.
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Performances scolaires et facteurs de la qualité de l’éducation en
République Socialiste du Vietnam. 2015. Learning assessment report for Vietnam
2011/2012. Dakar: CONFEMEN. Joint with M. Hamani Ounténi, H. Hounkpodoté, J.
Malpel, A. Marivin, A. du Roy, V. Sy and B. Tankeu.
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Performances
scolaires
et
facteurs
de
la
qualité
de
l’éducation
en République Démocratique Populaire Lao. 2015. Learning assessment report for Lao
People’s Democratic Republic 2011/2012. Dakar: CONFEMEN. Joint with S. Garba
Hamidou, M. Hamani Ounténi, H. Hounkpodoté, J. Malpel, A. Marivin, A. du Roy, V. Sy
and B. Tankeu.
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Performances scolaires et facteurs de la qualité de l’éducation dans
l’enseignement primaire publique au Cambodge. 2015. Learning assessment report for
Cambodia 2011/2012. Dakar: CONFEMEN. Joint with M. Hamani Ounténi, H.
Hounkpodoté, J. Malpel, A. Marivin, A. du Roy, V. Sy and B. Tankeu.
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Qualité de l’enseignement fondamental au Mali: Quels enseignements? 2014. Learning
assessment report for Mali 2011/2012. Dakar: CONFEMEN. Joint with M. Hamani
Ounténi, H. Hounkpodoté, J. Malpel, A. Marivin, A. du Roy, V. Sy and B. Tankeu.
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Managing risk in the Sahel with insurance and savings. 2013. (World Bank report
analyzing baseline data collected in Burkina Faso and Senegal.) Joint with Dizon, F., Hill,
R. V., Mbaye, S. and Petraud, J-P.
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Estimating the causal effect of school size on educational attainment. 2013. Proceedings
of the 59th World Statistics Congress, pp. 4177-4182, 25-30 August 2013, Hong Kong,
Session CPS029.
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Evaluation of the impact of school grants on educational achievement: Final report.
2012. Unpublished manuscript, World Bank, Washington, District of Columbia. Joint with
P. Carneiro, N. Lahire, C. Mommaerts and C. Meghir.
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Evaluation diagnostique de l’école primaire: Pistes d’actions pour une amélioration de la
qualité. 2012. Learning assessment report for Ivory Coast 2008/2009. Dakar:
CONFEMEN. Joint with V. Sy.
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L’enseignement primaire en République Démocratique du Congo: Quels leviers pour
l’amélioration du rendement du système éducatif? 2011. Learning assessment report for
Democratic Republic of Congo 2009/2010. Dakar: CONFEMEN. Joint with B. Tankeu.
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Evaluation of the impact of school grants on educational achievement: Baseline report.
2010. Unpublished manuscript, World Bank, Washington, DC. Joint with P. Carneiro, N.
Lahire, C. Mommaerts and C. Meghir.
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Media and the provision of public education in Benin: A test of the theories of public
opinion formation. 2009. Master’s thesis. In original French: Média et offre du service
public d’éducation au Bénin: Test des théories de la formation de l’opinion publique.
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Relative frustration of democracy in Africa. 2008. Afro Barometer Working Paper 101.
Joint with D. Sossou. In original French: Frustration relative de démocratie en Afrique.
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Modeling the prices of petroleum products in Benin. 2003. Bachelor’s thesis. Joint with
H. Amoussou. In original French: Modélisation des prix des produits pétroliers au Bénin:
Cas du super carburant, de l’essence ordinaire, du pétrole et du gasoil.
Awards
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2013: Laureate of the 2012 international competition of young African statisticians
organized by the Education Committee of the South African Association of Statistics
(SASA)-Selected to attend the 59th World Congress of Statistics in Hong Kong (China) and
present a scientific article.
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2006-2008: Academic excellence scholarship from the Belgian Technical Cooperation to
pursue a Master’s degree in Public Economics and Applied Statistics.
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2000-2003: Academic excellence scholarship from the Government of Benin to pursue a
Bachelor’s degree in Statistics.
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2000: Best candidate in the recruitment competition of students to pursue the Bachelor
of Statistics.
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Conferences, seminars and workshops
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26-31 July 2015: 60th World Statistics Congress organized by the International Statistical
Institute in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Presentation of the paper “The Distributional Impacts
of School Size on Learning Outcomes in Senegal” on 31 July 2015.
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25-30 August 2013: 59th World Statistics Congress organized by the International
Statistical Institute in Hong Kong (China). Presentation of the paper “Estimating the
Causal Effect of School Size on Educational Attainment” on 28 August 2013.
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26-28 June 2013: 5th International Conference for Research organized by the
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) in
Singapore.
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24-25 January 2011: Participation in a joint conference on the research methodologies
in the field of education, organized by the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for
Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) and PASEC, held in Paris (France).
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14-15 December 2010: Participation in a workshop on “Experts Group Meeting: a
Regional Initiative for Monitoring Education Quality in the Arab States”, organized by
UNESCO in Beirut (Lebanon).
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May 2010: Impact evaluation workshop organized by the World Bank in Accra (Ghana).
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22-26 February 2010: Participation in a workshop on “Evidence-Based Decision-Making”
held in Accra (Ghana) by The World Bank. Slide presentation on “Implementation
challenges”.
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15-19 December 2008: Participation in a workshop on impact evaluation held in Dakar
(Senegal) by The World Bank.
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08-09 August 2007: Participation in a joint conference on the functioning of political
parties in Benin, held in Cotonou (Benin) by the German Institute of Global and Area
Studies (GIGA), Institute of African Affairs, Institute for Empirical Research in Political
Economy (IERPE) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES). Presentation of a work on
“Bureaucracy or optimization of working hours: Discussion from a theoretical model”.
(Joint with D. Sossou). In original French : Bureaucratie ou optimisation des heures
ouvrables : Discussion à partir d'un modèle théorique.
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02-16 July 2004: Participation in a training workshop on evaluation of public policies
held in Cotonou (Benin) by the Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy
(IERPE).
Other research activities
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16-28 June 2011: Research stay at the Department of Economics of University College
London. In United Kingdom.
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1-23 November 2007: Research stay at the Centre for Social Sciences Research of the
University of Cape Town. In South Africa.
Professional affiliations
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Elected member (as of December 2015) of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), the
Netherlands.
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Regular member (January-November 2015) of the International Statistical Institute (ISI),
the Netherlands.
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Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), Laval University, Quebec, Canada.
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African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium (AGRODEP), Washington,
DC, United States of America.
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Center for Research and Opinion Polls (CROP), Lomé, Togo.
Languages
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French: Native.
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English: Proficient.
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Yoruba: Fluent.
Computer skills
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Stata, SPSS, Epi Data.
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MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
References
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Dr. Nathalie Lahire: Senior Education Economist at the World Bank (United Arab
Emirates, e-mail: [email protected]).
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Prof. Costas Meghir:
[email protected]).
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Prof. Tanguy Bernard: University of Bordeaux (France, e-mail: [email protected]).
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