Tewodaj Mogues
Last Updated: December 21, 2023
Tewodaj Mogues joined the Fund and FAD in 2018, where she conducts analytical work, capacity development, and review activities on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), food and agriculture expenditures, public investment, spending efficiency, public-private partnerships (PPPs), social spending, and other topics related to public expenditures. She also provided fiscal analysis as part of the IMF’s country team for Guinea and leads a two-year capacity development project for Slovakia. Prior to joining the Fund, she was at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) since 2005, at its headquarters in Washington DC. As a Senior Research Fellow in IFPRI, she led the research cluster on Public Investments and Institutions under the CGIAR Research Program on ‘Policies, Institutions, and Markets’. Her research focused on agricultural and rural development, public expenditures, local public finance and decentralisation, political economy, public service delivery, and social capital. Tewodaj has published journal articles and book chapters on these topics, serves as co-editor of the European Journal of Development Research, and is editor of the book 'Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa'. She received her Bachelors degree in economics from Kalamazoo College (1995), and her Ph.D. in agricultural and applied economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2005).
Fluent In: Amharic, German.
Education:
University of Wisconsin-Madison – Madison, Wisconsin. PhD. GPA: 3.68, Department: Agricultural and Applied Economics. 1998 - 2005
Kalamazoo College – Kalamazoo, Michigan Bachelor of Arts. GPA: 3.87, Major: Economics; Minor: Political Science. 1994 - 1995
Western Michigan University – Kalamazoo, Michigan. GPA: 4.00. Major: Economics. 1992 - 1993
Previous Experience:
• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Development Strategy and Governance Division. Washington DC. Senior Research Fellow. 2014 – 2018
• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Development Strategy and Governance Division. Washington DC. Research Fellow. 2007 – 2014
• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Development Strategy and Governance Division. Washington DC. Postdoctoral Fellow. 2005 – 2007
• World Bank – Research Department (DEC). Washington DC. Consultant. 2004 – 2005
• University of Wisconsin-Madison – Agricultural and Applied Economics Department. Madison, Wisconsin. Research Assistant. 1999 - 2004
• University of Wisconsin-Madison – Agricultural and Applied Economics Department. Madison, Wisconsin. Teaching Assistant. Course: ‘Growth and Development of Nations in the Global Economy’ jointly in the departments of Agricultural and Applied Economics and International Studies. Course: ‘Economic Problems of Developing Areas’ jointly in the departments of Economics and Agricultural and Applied Economics. 1999 – 2000.
• World Bank – Africa Region. Washington DC. Graduate Summer Intern. 1999
• United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) – Addis Abeba, Ethiopia Consultant. 1998
• Africa Village Financial Services (AVFS) – Addis Abeba, Ethiopia Consultant. 1997 – 1998.
• World Bank – Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP). Washington DC Operations Associate. 1996 - 1997
• IFPRI – Food Consumption and Nutrition Division. Washington DC Research Intern. 1994
• Kalamazoo College – German Department. Kalamazoo, Michigan Teaching Assistant. Course: ‘Intermediate German’. 1994
Referee Activities:
Refereed for: Agricultural Economics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics (AJAE), Bulletin of Economic Research, China Economic Review, Climatic Change, Development and Change, Development in Practice, Development Southern Africa (DSA), Economic Development and Cultural Change (EDCC), European Journal of Development Research (EJDR), European Journal of Political Economy (EJPE), Food Policy, Global Food Security, Journal of African Economies (JAE), Journal of African Development (JAD), Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics (JAAE), Journal of Development Economics (JDE), Journal of Development Studies (JDS), Journal of Human Development and Capabilities (JHDC), Journal of International Development (JID), Journal of Productivity Analysis, Land Economics, Oxford Economic Papers (OEP), Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture (QJIA), Society and Natural Resources, World Development.
Editorial Activities:
Co-editor, European Journal of Development Research, 2017 - present
Guest editor, European Journal for Development Research, special issue on ‘Public Investments in and for Agriculture’, 2015
Book editor, “Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa” London, UK: Taylor & Francis (2012)
Current Position:
International Monetary Fund (2018 - present), Senior Economist
Field of Expertise:
Public Finance
Poverty and Inequality
Development Economics