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Aurelien Kamdem Yeyouomo joined the Geneva Graduate Institute's Centre for Finance and Development (CFD) as a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow and beneficiary of the Swiss Confederation Excellence Scholarship for a postdoctoral position from September 2024 to September 2025.
He is currently a CFD Affiliated Researcher until September 2026.
Aurelien is working on financial development, digital and financial innovations and international economics.
He holds a PhD in financial economics from the University of Yaoundé II and a master's degree in economics and financial engineering from the University of Rennes 1.
Publications
2024, with Amadou Bobbo and Gandjon Fankem. "Determinants of FinTech development: Evidence from Sub-Saharan African Countries". In Journal of Financial Services Research.
2024, with Tamwo Séverin and Etayibtalnam Koudjom. " Effects of income inequality on COVID-19 in Africa: Accounting for literacy and informal sector". Forthcoming in Région et Développement.
2023, with Simplice Asongu. "Sustainable urbanization and vulnerability to climate change in Africa: Accounting for digitalization and institutional quality". In Sustainable Development, 3(1), 1188–1216.
2023, with Gandjon Fankem. "Conflits et développement financier en Afrique subsaharienne". In Revue d'économie politique, 133, 47–104.
2023, with Simplice Asongu and Agyemang-Mintah. " Fintechs and the financial inclusion gender gap in Sub-Saharan African countries". In Women’s Studies International Forum, p 102695.
Current research projects
- " FinTech, capital flow and financial regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa".
- "Development of digital technologies against global inflation : an emergency for the future".
"Effects of FinTech on financial stability in Sub-Saharan African Countries".
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