Cedric Iltis Finafa Okou
LastUpdated: May 25, 2026
Cedric Okou is an Economist in the Development Macroeconomics Division of the IMF Research Department. Prior to joining the Fund, Cedric led the surveillance and analytical work on Sub-Saharan Africa in the World Bank Prospects Group. Before that, he was a tenured Associate Professor of macro finance at the University of Quebec in Montreal and worked in the private equity energy sector. Cedric’s research interests include macro finance, economic growth, entrepreneurship, climate, and risk management. His work has been published in the Journal of Quantitative and Financial Analysis, Journal of Applied Econometrics, and Journal of Banking and Finance, among others. He holds a PhD from HEC Montreal.
Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/site/cedriciltisokou
Fluent In: French.
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Nowcasting GDP Growth for Kenya, Working Paper No. 2026/032 , February 20, 2026
Monetary Policy Transmission to Household Credit: Evidence from Uganda’s Credit Registry Data, Working Paper No. 2025/242 , November 14, 2025
Can Mobile Technologies Enhance Productivity? A Structural Model and Evidence from Benin Food Suppliers, Working Paper No. 2024/163 , July 26, 2024
Climate Change and Chronic Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa, Departmental Paper No 2022/016 , September 15, 2022
Staple Food Prices in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Empirical Assessment, Working Paper No. 2022/135 , July 8, 2022
