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= Albert Zeufack =

Albert G. Zeufack, Ph.D., is an economist working at the intersection of global development, private investments and public policy. He leads high-level economic analytical work underpinning development projects, investment decisions and policy reforms. Albert Zeufack is also the founder and convener of the Chief Economists of Government Initiative, a network of economic advisors to governments in emerging markets. Drawing on his vast experience in emerging markets, especially in Asia and Africa, he has built a proven track record in priority areas such as macro and fiscal policy, natural resources management, digital innovation, gender empowerment for impact, youth and jobs, climate change and trade and regulatory policy.

Education
Albert G. Zeufack graduated with a master's degree in economic analysis and policy from the University of Yaounde in Cameroon. He attained a Ph.D in economics at CERDI, the University of Clermont-Ferrand in France. Additionally, he also got executive education from Harvard and Stanford University.

Career
Starting off his World Bank career in 1997 as a research economist in the Macroeconomics Division of the Research Department, Zeufack went on to assume several positions. These included being a Practice Manager in the Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management Global Practice, a Sector Manager in the Poverty Reduction & Economic Management Sector, a leader of the World Bank-wide Community of Practice for the Management of Natural Resources Rents amongst some others spread across Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asian regions. He also taught applied econometrics at the University of Clermont-Ferrand before joining the World Bank.

He has also been invited on several panels to share his experiences and learnings from a continued lifetime of studying Africa's challenges, patterns and key economic growth opportunities. Zeufack was interviewed by Deutsche Welle (DW) to share his analytical findings about Africa's predicted recession as result of the 2019 Coronavirus pandemic and regularly gives such talks and participates in interviews discussing an array of topics native to African economics.

Publications
Some of Zeufack's publications and notable works include the following;


 * 1) Hosting the AFRONOMICS podcast. Starting it in April 2017, Zeufack has hosted at least 18 episodes inviting high profile guests such as Punam Chuhan-Pole (lead author at Africa's Pulse), Professor Njuguna Ndung’u (former Governor of the Kenyan Central Bank), Acha Leke (the Chairman of McKinsey’s Africa Region), Dr. Arkebe Oqubay (the Senior Minister and Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia) and many more. They discuss an array of topics, trends and events affecting African economies.
 * 2) Zeufack also co-authors publishes several reports and research papers on the most pressing issues facing Africa through his Office of the Chief Economist, Africa Region (AFRCE) at the World Bank. Some of the most celebrated ones include the visual summary of "Accelerating Poverty Reduction in Africa Report,"  "Profiting from Parity: Unlocking the Potential of Women's Business in Africa," "The African Continental Free Trade Area : Economic and Distributional Effects, " "Borrow with Sorrow? The Changing Risk Profile of Sub-Saharan Africa's Debt" amongst some others "
 * 3) He has also been interviewed by one of South African leading news broadcasters, the SABC sharing insights on his Future of Work report, CNBC Africa , RFI amongst others