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Stephanie Levy is a development economist with over 20 years of experience specializing in social protection and poverty reduction policies across Africa and Asia. She has extensive expertise in policy analysis, employing micro-simulation tools, general equilibrium models, and randomized control trials. Her research primarily focuses on the general equilibrium effects of social protection, economic inclusion, and livelihood programs, as well as cash transfers and graduation packages. As a non-resident Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), she investigates the interplay between rural development policies and agricultural growth programs in the context of social transfers. Stephanie has conducted substantial fieldwork in Chad and has worked in over 15 countries across Africa and Asia. Her research collaborations include prominent organizations such as the World Bank, UN Institutions, the Gates Foundation, and various governments and NGOs in low- and middle-income countries. She holds a BSc in Mathematics and an MSc in Econometrics from Sorbonne University, along with a PhD in Development Economics from Toulouse University.
Department of Economics