afea@assa
2025

Andrew Dabalen is the World Bank’s Africa Region Chief Economist responsible for providing guidance on strategic priorities and the technical quality of economic analysis in the region, as well as for developing major regional economic studies, among other roles. He has held various positions. His research and scholarly publications focused on poverty and social impact analysis, inequality of opportunity, program evaluation, risk and vulnerability, labor markets, and conflict and welfare outcomes. He has co-authored regional reports on equality of opportunity for children in Africa, vulnerability and resilience in the Sahel, and poverty in a rising Africa. He holds a Master in International Development from University of California – Davis, and a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from University of California – Berkeley.