DIDIER Y. ALIA Evans School Policy Analysis & Research Group Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance University of Washington aliadidier@yahoo.fr Parrington Hall 403 www.aliadidier.edu Seattle, WA 98195 https://tinyurl.com/gscholaraliadidier EDUCATION DOCTORAL STUDIES Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics University of Kentucky, August 2017 Dissertation : Agricultural Input Intensification, Productivity Growth, and the Transformation of African Agriculture Committee : Dr. Michael Reed (Chair), Dr. Yoko Kusunose (Co-chair) Dr. David Freshwater, Dr. Veronique Theriault, and Dr. Jenny Minier PREVIOUS EDUCATION June 2009 : M.S in Statistics and Applied Economics ISSEA, Cameroon Sept. 2006 : M.S in Mathematics University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin Sept. 2005 : B.S in Mathematics University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin Aug. 2004 : Associate degree in Mathematics and Physics University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin 1
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Sep. 2017 - : Post-Doctoral Research Associate Evans School Policy Analysis & Research Group University of Washington - Seattle Sep. 2012 - Aug. 2017 : Research Assistant University of Kentucky June 2014 - June 2015 : Research Assistant European Centre for Development Policy Management Jan. 2010 - July 2012 : Statistician-Economist AfricaRice, Cotonou, Benin Dec. 2010 - Apr. 2011 : Consultant IREEP and World Bank Oct. 2009 - Jan. 2010 : Consultant National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis PUBLICATIONS JOURNAL ARTICLES Alia, D., A. Diagne, P. Adegbola, and F. Kinkingninhoue (2017). Distributional impact of Nerica adoption on farmer expenditure in Benin: Quantile Treatment Effect Estimation. Forthcoming Journal of African Development Alia, D., Ponty, N., and Kamga, I. (2017). Altruism or exchange? A quest into the motives of inter-household private transfers in Burkina Faso. Forthcoming International Journal of Socio-Economics. Alia, D., A. Floquet, and E. Adjovi (2017). Heterogeneous welfare effects of cotton pricing on households in Benin. African Development Review, 29 (2)107-121. Alia, D. (2017). Progress toward the Sustainable Development Goal on poverty: Assessing the effect of income growth on the exit time out of poverty in Benin, Sustainable Development (forthcoming). Smale, M., Y. Kusunose, M. Mathenge and D. Alia (2016). Destination or Distraction? Querying the Linkage between Off-farm Income and Farm Investments in 2
Kenya. Journal of African Economies, 25 (3): 388-41. Alia, D., K. Jossa-Jouable, and R. Fiamohe (2016). On poverty and persistence of poverty in Benin. Journal of Economic Studies, 2016, 43 (4): 661 676. Fiamohe, R., D. Alia, Bamba, I., A. Diagne, and E. Amovin-Assagba (2015). Transmission of rice prices from Thailand into West African markets: The case of Benin, Mali, and Senegal. Journal of African Business, 16(1-2): 128-143. Alia, D. (2014). Geographical orientation of export in the manufacturing sector in sub-sahara Africa. Global Economy Journal, 15 (3) 337-351. Fiamohe, R., P. Seck, D. Alia, and A. Diagne (2013). Price transmission analysis using threshold models: an application to local rice markets in Benin and Mali. Food Security, 5(3), 427-438. BOOK CHAPTERS Diagne, A, D. Alia, M. Wopereiss, K. Saito and T. Nakelse (2013). Impact of Rice Research on Income and Poverty in Africa: An Ex-ante Analysis. Chapter in Realizing Africa s Rice Promise. Wopereis, M.C.S., Johnson, D.E., Ahmadi N., Tollens, E. and Jalloh, A., CABI Publishing, October 2013. Diagne, A, D. Alia, E. Amovin-Assagba, M. Wopereiss, and K. Saito (2013). Farmer perceptions of biophysical constraints in rice production in sub-saharan Africa and potential impact of research. Chapter in Realizing Africa s Rice Promise. Wopereis, M.C.S., Johnson, D.E., Ahmadi N., Tollens, E., and Jalloh, A., CABI Publishing, October 2013. 3
WORKING PAPERS AND WORKS IN PROGRESS Institutional change, industrialization and structural change out of agriculture with Michael Reed and Yoko Kusunose Spatial urban development and transformation of African agriculture: A view from space with C. Boone Trade effects of food regulations and standards: Assessing the impact of SPS measures on market structure With Y. Zheng, and M. Reed Cross - markets transmission of price and price volatility in international grain markets with M. Reed Foreign aid effectiveness in African economies: evidence from a threshold panel with R. Anago Dust in the brain? Early childhood exposure to micro particles and educational performance in West Africa Is young always better? Farmers age - productivity profile in African agriculture PRESENTATIONS 2017 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, Chicago, IL 2016 African Economic Conference, Abuja, Nigeria 2016 Agricultural Association Applied Economics Association, Boston, MA 2016 Southern Agricultural Economics Association, San Antonio, TX 2015 Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford - United Kingdom 2014 African Economic Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2014 UNCTAD Workshop, Geneva, Switzerland 2014 Young African Statistician Conference, Pretoria, South Africa 2014 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, Minneapolis, MN 2013 African Association of Agricultural Economists, Hammamet, Tunisia 2013 Africa Rice Congress, Yaoundé, Cameroon 2013 Kentucky Economics Association Annual Conference, Frankfort, KY 2013 World Statistics Congress, Hong Kong, China 2012 Kentucky Economics Association, Georgetown, KY 4
TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Kentucky Teaching assistant Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016 Trainer PAM - Haiti March and August 2016 Workshop Leader Fall 2013 Fall 2014 African Rice Workshold Leader 2010, 2011, 2012 FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 2012-2017 Graduate Research Assistantship, University of Kentucky 2016 STAARS Fellowship, Cornell University and IFPRI 2015, 2016, 2017 University of Kentucky travel grants 2014-2015 Young International Fellowship Program, ECDPM 2014 African Development Bank travel grant 2014 ISIBalo-Statistics South Africa travel grant 2013 UNCATD Virtual Institute project of trade and poverty 2013 International Statistical Institute travel grant 2011-2012 AERC/UNU-WIDER Research Grant 2006-2009 Best Student Award, MSc Studies at ISSEA 2006-2009 Excellence Scholarship, Government of France 2003-2006 Excellence Scholarship, VALLET Foundation of Paris 2002-2006 Excellence Scholarship, Government of Benin 2002 Silver Medal, 12 th Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad 5
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Languages Programming Service Memberships French (native speaker); English (fluent) Stata (proficient), R (proficient), SAS (proficient), GAMS (proficient), Eviews (proficient), Visual Basic (proficient), Matlab (Intermediate), C/C++ (Intermediate), 2015-16 Brownbag Seminar Series coordinator, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky Referee for African Development Review (3), China Economic Review (1), Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics (1) Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA) African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE) African Finance and Economic Association (AFEA) Fellow, Cornell University STAARS Program Research Affiliate, IFPRI-AGRODEP 6
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