Woubet Kassa

Woubet Kassa is a Senior Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist for the Africa Region at the World Bank and an Adjunct Professorial Lecturer at American University in Washington, D.C. He holds a PhD in Economics from American University and previously taught at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. His research focuses on international trade, regional integration, structural transformation, global value chains, and industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is a leading scholar on the African Continental Free Trade Area and has contributed to debates on Africa’s trade and development, including as co-author of Africa in the New Trade Environment.