Hassen Wako holds PhD in Economics from Maastricht University (2018), and MSc in Economics (Economic Policy Analysis) (2008) & BA in Economics (2004) from Addis Ababa University. He is currently a lecturer at the University of  Amsterdam, Amsterdam School of Economics. He had previously taught a range of undergraduate and graduate courses at Jimma University, Maastricht University and GUTech, and supervised master’s theses at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He has published in Journal of Comparative Economics, Review of Development Economics, Research in Globalization and others. His research interest lies in economic development, with focus on the interplay between development, economic globalization and institutions. He is also interested in applied econometrics.

	Selected publications by Hassen Wako
Articles (journal, professional, popular)
Wako, Hassen, 2018, Aid, institutions and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa: Heterogeneous donors and heterogeneous responses, Review of Development Economics, 22(1): 23-44, DOI: 10.1111/rode.12319, More information
Wako, Hassen, 2012, Demographic changes and economic development: Application of the vector error correction model (VECM) to the case of Ethiopia, Journal of Economics and International Finance, 4(10): 236-251, More information
Wako, Hassen, 2011, Effectiveness of foreign aid in sub-Saharan Africa: Does disaggregating aid into bilateral and multilateral components make a difference?, Journal of Economics and International Finance, 3(16): 801-817, More information
UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Wako, Hassen, 2018, Foreign direct investment in sub-Saharan Africa: Beyond its growth effect, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-013
Wako, Hassen, 2016, Aid, institutions and economic growth: Heterogeneous parameters and heterogeneous donors, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-009
External working papers
Wako, Hassen, Théophile T. Azomahou & Hibret Maemir, 2018, Contractual Frictions and the Margins of Trade, More information
Conference contributions
Wako, Hassen, 2017, Aid, Institutions and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Heterogeneous Donors and Heterogeneous Responses, ‘THE WORLD AND AFRICA’ IN THE 21ST CENTURY: CHINA, THE WEST, AND ECONOMIC INTERVENTIONS IN AFRICA. A Conference in the Critical Tradition of W.E.B. Du Bois, More information
Wako, Hassen, 2016, Foreign direct investment, institutions, economic growth and industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa, VIENNA INVESTMENT CONFERENCE: QUALITY FDI, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. 14-15 September 2016, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria, More information
Theses
Wako, Hassen, 2018, Economic Globalization, Institutions and Development: Essays on Aid, Foreign Direct Investment and Trade, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University, More information