CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL DETAILS Family Name: KONE First Name: Youssouf Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Date of Birth: 25 April 1981 Nationality: Cote d Ivoire Permanent Address: 20 BP 16 Abidjan 20 Cote d Ivoire. Telephone: (225) 09779434/(225) 01031055 E-mail: koneyule@yahoo.fr Current Address: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism. P.O Box 492, Bujumbura, Burundi. Phone: +257 79609589 or +257 78 554 174 AREAS OF EXPERTISE Economics of development International Trade Policies and Negotiations Labour markets policies and analysis Poverty measurement and Analysis Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Models SKILLS LANGUAGE SKILLS Native language: French Working Language Speaking Reading Writing English: Advanced Advanced Advanced 1
COMPUTER SKILLS Type Email/Internet MS Word MS Excel PowerPoint IT Skills (Other) Level Working Knowledge EDUCATION A) University or equivalent and schools from age 14 2012-2013: Master of Science (MSc) in Applied Labour Economics for Development, Turin School of Development, University of Turin and International Training Centre (ITC) of the International LabourOrganization (ILO). 2000-2005: Master degree in Economics, University of Bouake, Cote d Ivoire. B) Other professional qualifications, training, courses in professional or related field - African Growth and Development Policy (AGRODEP) modeling consortium:training course on Advanced GAMS-based Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modeling, December3 5, 2012, Pretoria, South Africa. - African Growth and Development Policy (AGRODEP) modeling consortium:training course on GAMS-based Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modeling, May 14 25, 2012, Entebbe, Uganda. - African Growth and Development Policy (AGRODEP) Modeling consortium:training course on Building and updating a Social Accounting Matrix, March 13-15, 2012, Dakar, Senegal. - The World Bank Institute (WBI) face-to-face course on Trade Finance in the context of the global financial crisis, June 1-5, 2009, Washington DC. - The World Bank Institute (WBI) methodological workshop on Regional Integration and Agricultural Trade February 8-13, 2009, Dakar, Senegal. 2
- The Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Network training workshop on Modeling agriculture and agricultural policies in CGE models, December 6, 2008, Manila, The Philippines. - World Bank Institute (WBI) E-Learning Course on Global Food and Agricultural Trade, September 7 - October 6, 2008. Washington D.C, USA. - E-Training Course on Introduction to the WTO, Institute of Training and Technical Cooperation (ITTC), World Trade Organization (WTO); September to October 2008, Geneva, Switzerland. - E-Training course on Trade in Services and Development, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) / OrganisationInternationale de la Francophonie (OIF), May 13, 2008 to 20 June, 2008. - Swedish Government Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA): International Training Programme on Negotiating Trade Agreements: Principles and Practices April 6-25, 2008, Stockholm, Sweden. - Training Workshop on CGE Model and Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in West Africa,ECOWAS Technical Working group on CGE Models and EPA; March 7-8, 2008, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. - 15 th Annual Short Course in Global Trade Analysis: Introduction to applied General Equilibrium Analysis.May 21 to August 10, 2007, Centre for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. - Special training course on building Constructing Input -Output Table for the GTAP Data Base.August 12-13 2007, Centre for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. WORK EXPERIENCE EMPLOYEMENT HISTORY May 2011 to present: Trade Adviser,The Commonwealth Secretariat Hub and Spokes Project, Ministry of Trade, Industry, Post and Tourism, Burundi; 3
October 2009 to November 2010:Research assistant, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Cote d Ivoire.; January 2009 to September 2009: Consultant in the Work-programme on Regional Integration and Agricultural Trade in Africa;The World Bank Institute, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Division); November 2007 to March 2009: Junior Expert, Member of the Technical Working Group on the CGE model and EPA; Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS), Trade Unit, Abuja, Nigeria. PUBLICATIONS, FELLOWSHIPS, ETC PUBLICATIONS, CONFERENCE PAPERS, ETC. October 2009: «Agricultural Trade reform, growth and poverty in Côte d Ivoire: A Dynamic CGE model analysis. World Bank Institute Work-programme on Regional Integration and Agricultural Trade in Africa. June 2008:«Economic and Social Impacts of the Prospective EU-ECOWAS EPAs: The Evidence for Cote d Ivoire».Presented at the Eleven Annual Conference on Global Trade Analysis, 16 June 2008, Helsinki, Finland. DISTINCTION AND AWARDS Award of the Best Memorials, during the 7 th Annual African Trade Moot Court Competition on WTO Law (The SPS Agreement), 27 November 1 November, Center for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Scholarship recipient to participate in the World Bank Institute global to face course on Trade Finance in the context of the global financial crisis, The World Bank, Washington DC,USA. Funding Support to participate in the 7 th Poverty and EconomicPolicy, (PEP) Research network general Meetings.December 9-12, 2008, Manila, Philippines. Scholarship recipient to participate in the GTAP Eleven Annual Conference on Global Trade Analysis, the future of global Economy, June 12-14 2008, Helsinki, Finland Scholarship recipient to attend the 15 th Annual Short course in GlobalTrade Analysis, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, May to August 2007, West 4
Lafayette, USA. REFERENCES DrCelestin Tsassa, Senior Economist, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Cote d Ivoire. Celestin.tsassa@undp.org MrJeremieBanigwaninzigo, Director General of Trade. Ministry of Trade, Industry,Post and Tourism. PO Box 492 Bujumbura. Phone: +257 79970619. jbanigwaninzigo@yahoo.com Dr Salif Kone, Lecturer and Researcher, Universite d Abidjan- Cocody, and Centre Ivoirien de Recherches Economiques et SocialesCote d Ivoire. salifkon@yahoo.fr 5