Otchia samen Christian

Dr. Otchia is postdoctoral research fellow at Nagoya University, where He studies ways to generate productive jobs and reduce poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. He served as a national consultant to the UNCTAD where he actively worked on the distributional and poverty effects of agricultural trade liberalization. Prior to his current position, Dr. Otchia was a Lecturer at Aichi Prefectural University, Japan and University of Kinshasa, DRC. His research interests include labor markets and policy evaluation in developing countries, and uses mainly CGE and microsimulation models. His work includes contributions on pro-poor growth and industrial policy in resource-rich countries. His contribution on mining-based growth was recognized with the 2013 flash session price from the International Input-Output Association. More recently, He has been affiliated to the African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium (AGRODEP). His work has appeared in Resources Policy, the International Journal of Economic Policy Studies, and the Journal of Economic Structures, among others. Dr. Otchia earned his Ph.D. from Nagoya University and BA in mathematical economics with First Class Honors from the University of Kinshasa.