
Young Economist Best Paper Award
Past recipients
AFES 2024, ENSEA, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
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Winner: Frejus-Ferry Houndoga (ENSEA, Cote d'Ivoire)
Title: Do financial frictions amplify commodity price shocks in commodity exporting countries?
Evidence from Cote d’Ivoire using a DSGE model
Co-authors: Kouame Desire Kanga, Charles Doukoure Fe
AFES 2023, AERC, Nairobi, Kenya
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Winner 1: Nyemwererai Matshaka (University of Pretoria)
Title: Inequality in a Two-agent variety extension growth model
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Winner 2: Alain Ndikumana (ENSEA, Cote d'Ivoire)
Title: Does Chinese aid promote manufacturing industry in Africa?
Winner 3: Michel Armel Ndayikeza (University of Burundi & Université Clermont Auvergne, France)​​Title: Title: Underemployment of college graduates: is doing anything better than doing nothing?
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AFES 2022, Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA), Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia (Online)
No competition
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AFES 2021, ENSEA, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
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Winner: Ramaele Moshoeshoe (National University of Lesotho)
Title: Long Term Effects of Free Primary Education on Educational Achievement: Evidence from Lesotho