Théophile T. Azomahou  is Research Fellow at UNU-MERIT where he began his official affiliation in 2008. He studied at University of Strasbourg (Louis Pasteur) where he received a PhD and Habilitation degrees in Economics/Econometrics. Théophile T. Azomahou was Associate Professor and Co-director of the Master courses in Statistics and Econometrics at University of Strasbourg (2001-2008), invited Associate Professor at University of Luxembourg. He also occupied the Chair in Econometrics at Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC, Paris; 2005-2007). His current research focuses on growth and development, and econometrics.