1. LUC VEYSSIERE
BIO Luc Veyssiere is a quantitative economist who brings his expertise in the
macro-economic modelling (general and partial equilibrium models) and
private sector development to ECOPA's projects. He has participated in
consulting assignments for international donors in several sub-Saharan
African countries and has also worked for the private sector in China and
the United States. He holds a PhD in Economics from Iowa State
University.
GENERAL
Date of birth March 29, 1978
Nationality French
Languages French (mother tongue), English (fluent), German (notions)
EDUCATION
2009 Iowa State University, United States
Doctor of Philosophy, Economics
2004 University of Nebraska Lincoln, United States
Master of Science, Agricultural Economics
2003 ENESAD France
Diplôme d’Ingénieur des Techniques Agricoles
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since 2009 Economic Policy Analysis (ECOPA) – Tax Product Manager
2001-2002 AGROFOODTECH - Exhibitor Assistant
MISSIONS
Macro-economic policy and International trade
Yemen Designing a Risk-Based Audit Strategy - Economist (2010)
Togo Review of draft investment code and special economic zone draft law -
Economist (2009)
Benin, Burkina Faso, Study of Marginal Effective Tax Rates in the West African Monetary Union
Togo Member Countries - Economist (2009)
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2. PUBLICATIONS AND WORKING PAPERS
Forth coming « A Financial Contracting Approach to the Role of Supermarkets in Farmers’
Credit Access »”, with Philippe Marcoul, American Journal of Agricultural
Economics.
2007 « Strategic Response to GMOs by GM-Free Countries” ”, European Review of
Agricultural Economics 34(3): 365-392
2006 “Strategic labeling and international Trade in GMPs””, with K. Giannakas,
Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization.
Updated : March 10
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