Papa Seck, Policy Analyst
Statistical Unit
| Languages: | French, English |
| Expertise: | Household resource allocation, education policy, property rights reform |
Papa Seck is a Policy Analyst for the statistics unit. For the 2006 and 2007/2008 reports, he worked on topics related to child mortality and nutrition. Prior to joining UNDP in January 2006, he lectured undergraduate economics at Hunter College and participated in a World Bank project on land reform evaluation in developing countries. His research has focused on issues related to the impacts of shocks on welfare. He earned a master’s degree, summa cum laude in Economics Special Honours Curriculum, from Hunter College of the City University of New York. He was awarded the Arthur Leon Hornicker Memorial Award for best CUNY thesis in 2005, on work related to orphan children in Tanzania.
