Profile
Ochem Dumbei

DUMEBI OCHEM

phd Researcher in International Economics
PhD Affiliate, Gender Centre
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Spoken languages
English, Italian, French
Areas of expertise
  • Development Economics
  • Impact evaluation
  • Foreign Aid Policies
  • Impact evaluation
  • Foreign aid
  • GIS data
Geographical Region of Expertise
  • Sub-Saharan Africa

PHD THESIS

 

Title: Essays in Development Economics


PhD Supervisor: Jean-Louis Arcand

Expected completion date: 2025

 

PROFILE

 

Dumebi is a PhD candidate in Development Economics under the supervision of Professor Jean-Louis Arcand. She holds an MSc in International Economics from the Geneva Graduate Institute, and a BSc in Economics from University College London, where she specialized in international development. She currently works as a Research Analyst at the World Bank, specifically within the Africa Gender Innovation Lab. Previously, she worked as an International Consultant at the International Trade Centre, focusing on export potential, value chain development and economic growth. Dumebi's research interests include poverty alleviation, inequality and health, and her thesis focuses on the allocation of foreign aid and its impact on development outcomes.

 

Research interests

 

  • Poverty

  • Inequality

  • Impact evaluation

  • Health and nutrition

 

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS AND WORKS

 

Ochem, D. 2020. The Effect of Foreign Aid on Sub-national Development: A Quantile Regression Approach. Genève: Graduate Institute Publications.

 

ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE

 

(2021-2022) Teaching Assistant for the MINT Department, Geneva Graduate Institute

 

 

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

 

  • (2023-present) Research Analyst, World Bank
  • (2019-2021) International Consultant, International Trade Centre
  • (2018) Trade & Poverty Intern, UNCTAD

 

AFILIATIONS

 

IHEID Gender Centre

 

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS

 

Rudi Dornbush Prize for best Master's thesis in International Economics