MSR Affiliates

Azer Dilanchiev is an associate professor head of economics direction at International Black Sea University, Georgia. He did Ph.D. at Georgian Technical University and after a Postdoctoral fellowship at The University of Georgia, USA (2018). Azer Dilanchiev published many indexed articles and is on the editorial board of many journals. He got the best paper award in 2020, the best paper award “Communication Economic Organization Congress”, with 230 participants from 27 countries.

Samuel is an Academic Research Fellow at the University of South Africa. His research uses applied econometrics, spatial data, interdisciplinary approaches, and insights from behavioral economics to study issues related to agriculture, ecology, environmental, and resource economics

His research focuses on agriculture and environmental economics, impact assessment, developmental economics, ecological economics, food security and household welfare, environmental management and policy, rural livelihood and development, climate change adaptation and resilience, climate change economic, and agro climatology. 

His current project is 'Sustainable land management for climate change adaptation and food security among rural farmers. 

An Economist currently completing a PHD in Economics. I have interest in topics related to welfare improvement and macroeconomics in developing countries

This is Md Reza Sultanuzzaman. I recently graduated Ph.D. degree in Economics with a specialization in International Trade from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Currently, I am working at the Nanchang Institute of Technology (NIT), China, as an Associate Professor. Besides, my leading role is to conduct Economic activities and data analysis-based workshops by utilizing my expertise.

Likewise, I create reports and form plans to tackle economic problems associated with compiling and analyzing data, researching relevant issues, preparing presentations and technical information, and consulting with the educators. I supervise research projects, forecasting the effects of non-renewable and renewable energy on CO2 emissions on written reports and articles and conducting research on energy economics, international trade and economic growth by quality research.

Yasir is a Ph.D. scholar at Bahauddin University's School of economics. 

Yasir has a deep interest in understanding applied mathematics for chebyweb wavelets.

He is currently working on a project investigating volatility in natural resources commodity prices and economic performance.

Economist with seven years of full-time working experience within the banking and economic Consultancy sectors (2010-2016, 2018)

Ph.D. Research Fellow (2015-2021) and an Assistant professor of Economics at the School of Advanced Studies (SAS) at Tyumen State University in Russia (2021/12-2022/06).

Assistant Professor in Economics (Lecturer) at the Faculty of Business and Law at the British University “De Montfort University”

As an operations consultant (working at FAO), I was responsible for a portfolio of three countries namely Syria, Iraq, and Yemen, and have managed tens of projects. I obtained my B.Sc. in Economics from Damascus University in Syria (2008), and M.Sc. in Finance from Lund University in Sweden (2010). In 2016, I was awarded the Ph.D. Fellowship of Excellence for Foreign Nationals Educated Abroad at Sapienza University of Rome and obtained my Ph.D. in Models for Economics and Finance in July 2021

Currently, Dina Bakr is an assistant professor of Economics at AAST in Egypt.

Her main job responsibilities are Teaching, Academic advising, educational quality assurance-related work, and Research.

Her future career goal is to be more research-oriented, especially in Economic fields: monetary policy, DSGE models, Crypto Currencies, and Green Monetary Policy.

Very skilled in modeling, using, and analyzing numbers, data Visualization, and other related skills like Python programming & machine learning Methods.

Hoa is a lecturer in Economics at Faculty of Economics and Management, International School, Vietnam National University.

He got his PhD in Economics from RMIT university in Melbourne, Australia in 2020. My research interests include macroeconomics, international finance and recently I expended my scope to corporate finance, banking, green finance, firms' ESG.

Assistant Professor and Head (i/c) of Centre for Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (CPME) and also faculty of Centre for Good Governance and Policy Analysis (CGGPA), National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) Hyderabad.

Earned Ph.D. in Economics from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, one of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) rated universities in India.

More than 15 years of Research, Teaching, & Training experience are with an International (Public Affairs Centre, Bangalore) and National level (NIRDPR, MoRD, GoI) think tanks. Innovated new supply-side Accountability tool (CRC+), successfully validated for Investigation fund in Karnataka Police department and Public health programme of Karnataka. Developed a manual to adopt different accountability tools using CRC, CSC and Budget analysis for better service delivery and designed for development practitioners.

was part of Participatory Governance Research group (PGRG) and the approach of PGRG would thus be to enhance the scope of research that can be carried out under the themes of governance and service delivery.

Dr. Adeel Ahmed is an experienced academic and researcher with a PhD in Development Economics from the University of Malaya and a postdoctoral fellowship from the University of Waterloo.

Specializing in CGE modelling, trade policy, and environmental economics, he leverages GTAP databases and SAMs in his work. Currently a Lecturer at RMIT University Vietnam, he previously served as an Associate Professor at NUST Business School, Pakistan, contributing to curriculum development and research supervision.

Dr. Ahmed has published in Q1 journals and collaborated with institutions like GTAP, IFPRI, and MIER. His research focuses on climate change, sustainable development, and trade policy, with ongoing projects on Vietnam’s structural transformation and Malaysia’s brewing industry. 

Al Mamun is a distinguished researcher and academic with extensive expertise in economics, applied statistics, and mathematical modeling.

Currently serving as an Associate Research Fellow at the Center for Policy and Economic Research (CPER), Al Mamun has also held key research positions at Emerging Credit Rating Limited.

He is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Mathematics at Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology.
With a robust portfolio of peer-reviewed publications, Al Mamun has published in renowned international journals, focusing on topics such as gender wage inequality, remittances, and economic policy assessments.

An expert in statistical software and econometric modeling, Al Mamun is proficient in STATA, R, SPSS, GAMS, CSPro, and Excel, allowing him to analyze complex economic data with precision.

Dr. Ebrima K. Ceesay is an economist specializing in climate change economics, econometrics, and macroeconomic analysis. He completed his MSc in Economics at the University of Rome Sapienza, Italy, and pursued an MSc in Finance and Banking at the University of Tor Vergata, Rome, though it remains incomplete. He earned his PhD in Economic Science, specializing in climate change economics, from Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal.

Dr. Ceesay is an expert in econometrics, data science, and statistical software such as R, EViews, Stata, SPSS, Alteryx, MATLAB, Tableau, Gretl, and demographic monitoring tools. 

He has published extensively in internationally recognized journals, with a focus on econometrics, migration, environmental and climate change economics, macroeconomics, population studies, climate change vulnerability assessment, and climate adaptation strategies.

Bukhari Sillah is an Associate Professor of Economics and currently a Lead Economist at the Chief Economist Department of Islamic Development Bank

Before joining IsDB, Dr. Sillah worked for seven years at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and headed the Quality and Accreditation Unit of the Department of Economics.

Previously, he worked at the University of the Gambia for eight years, spending five years as Head of the Department of Economics and Management.

Dr. Sillah was a founding commissioner of the Gambia Competition Commission, and he has widely published in international Journals. He is fluent in both Arabic and English and has some German basics

Frank Kamanga holds a Masters’ Degree in Development Economics. Currently, Frank works as a Research Officer at the National Planning Commission of Malawi.

Previously he has worked as a lecturer in Economics at the Catholic University of Malawi and as an Economist at the Central Bank of Malawi.

He is the founder of several organizations, such as Centre for Economic Thinking and Development and Centre for Child and Development and Research. 

Wogayehu Abele is a researcher in the South Agricultural Research Institute which is the regional arm of the noble Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research.

She has over a decade of experience in research with roles focusing on food security, value chain studies, environmental economics, policy economics and gender.

Wogayehu has also led the institute's Gender Research and Agricultural Economics directorate for three years. Currently she is pursuing a PhD in economics and her current study deals with the public finance policy of Ethiopia and private sector.

She is also an alumnus of YALI and belongs to national and international professional associations.

• Kwaku Addai is a co-director of Motivus Innovations Ghana & Upfront Ghana Health Services. He is an envionmental and energy economy researcher. Currcently, he is a sustainability Research Fellow at European University of Lefke, Cyprus.

• He has expertise in circular economy and sustainability solutions, including plastics, batteries, cables and general e-waste management. He also has extensive experience in sustainability research and policy advisory, with several publications.

• He serves as Technical Advisor for both Technology Manufacturing Ghana and Electro Recycling Ghana in developing technical solutions for thermoplastic and batteries recycling; as well as general e-waste repurposing management.

• Uttam Golder is a full-time Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance and Banking at Jashore University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.

• He completed his Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

• He started his full-time Doctoral studies in Financial Technology (Fintech) at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. His field of interest is Fintech, Fintech Adoption and its application, and Green Financing.