Cedric IOkou
Last Updated: August 8, 2024
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.
Education:
Ph.D. in Financial Economics, HEC Montreal, Canada, 2012
M.Sc. in Mathematical and Computational Finance, Universite de Montreal, Canada, 2007
B.Sc. in Statistics, ENEA Dakar, Senegal, 2005
Previous Experience:
Economist | Development Macroeconomics Division (DM), Research Department, IMF, 2021-present
Economist | Prospects Group, DEC and EFI Vice Presidencies, World Bank, 2018-2021
Manager | Portfolio and Macro Risk Management Consulting Team, KPMG, Canada, 2016-2018
Associate Professor (2016-2018), Director of Program in Management Certificates (2017-2018), and Assistant Professor (2012-2016) | Department of Finance, University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM), Canada
Lecturer | Department of Finance, HEC Montreal, Canada, 2009-2012
Analyst | Financial Markets Department, Bank of Canada, June-September 2010
Investment Analyst (Quant) | Business Development Group, Brookfield Partners, Canada, 2006-2007
Visiting Researcher | Bank of Canada (Aug. 2011, Sep. 2013, Nov. 2014, Feb. 2016), Federal Reserve Board (Feb. 2018)
Referee Activities:
Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Risk and Insurance, International Journal of Forecasting, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Financial Review, Econometrics.
Country work or Mission Assignment:
Uganda (TA, 2023)
Field of Expertise:
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Monetary Policy
Macro-Financial Issues
International Finance
Economic Modeling
Development Economics