Citizenship: Burkinabe Gender: Female Language proficiency: English, French, Mooré, Dioula

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1 Curriculum Vitae Windkouni Haoua Eugenie MAIGA 06 BP 9435 Ouagadougou 06, Burkina Faso Phone: (+226) / Citizenship: Burkinabe Gender: Female Language proficiency: English, French, Mooré, Dioula PROFILE I am a development economist with extensive experience and publications in the areas of education, health, early childhood development, skills development, and agriculture. I am currently an associate professor at Université de Koudougou in Burkina Faso. I earned a Master s of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University as a Fulbright grantee ( ) and hold a Ph.D. in Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. SKILLS MATRIX Research International Development Policy Analysis Econometrics Statistics Value Chain Analysis Impact Evaluation Data Analysis Project Management Grant writing WORK EXPERIENCE Director of Graduate Studies, Unité de Formation en Sciences Economiques et de Gestion (UFR-SEG), Université de Koudougou, Burkina Faso, May Present Associate Professor, Unité de Formation en Sciences Economiques et de Gestion (UFR-SEG), Université de Koudougou, Burkina Faso, July Present Responsibilities: teaching and advising. Courses taught: Development Economics, Econometrics, Agricultural Policy and Finance, Microeconomics with applications to Agriculture, Farm Management and Research Methodology Assistant Professor, Unité de Formation en Sciences Economiques et de Gestion (UFR- SEG), Université de Koudougou, Burkina Faso, July 2013 to July 2016 Responsibilities: teaching and advising. Courses taught: International Organizations and Economic Development, Poverty Reduction Policies, Econometrics, Agricultural Policy and Finance, Microeconomics with applications to Agriculture, Farm Management, and Game Theory Full-time Consultant, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Nairobi, Kenya, July 2014 to August 2015 Projects: Agriculture in Africa Telling Facts from Myths, Outcome Panel Surveys, Africa Agricultural Status Report 1

2 Economist, African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), Accra, Ghana,, November 2010 to June 2014 Projects: Skills Development and Economic Transformation, Economic Transformation Index, African Economic Transformation Report, Promoting Sustainable Rural Development in Africa, Local Content Policies in the Extractive Sector in Eight African Countries Short-term Consultant, World Bank, August 2009 to June 2010, May 2006 to August 2006 Projects: The Impact of School Management Reforms in Madagascar, The Impact of Education on Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Graduate Research Assistant, 2005 to 2010, University Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA, Projects: Child Care Choices, Alternative Methods for Setting Child Care Maximum Rates in Minnesota, Market Structure of Ferry Industry, Cost-Benefit Analysis of Improved Dental Health for Low-Income Children PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Université de Koudougou Faculty Development month spent at the department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, September-20-October 17, 2016 Impact evaluation and analysis of development interventions, June 2014, African Growth and Development Policy (AGRODEP) Modeling Consortium, IFPRI Dakar Office, Senegal Workshop on renewable energy and supplier development programs at the 9 th Global Local Content Summit, London, UK, September 23-26, 2013 Evaluation of Public Policies, July 2013, African Growth and Development Policy (AGRODEP) Modeling Consortium, at Azalai Hotel Independence, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Household Survey Data: Sampling and Processing, October 2012, African Growth and Development Policy (AGRODEP) Modeling Consortium, IFPRI Dakar Office, Senegal Panel Data Econometrics, September 2012, African Growth and Development Policy (AGRODEP) Modeling Consortium, IFPRI Dakar Office, Senegal Evaluating Social Programs using Randomized Control Trials (RCT), May 2012, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at Alisa Hotel in Accra, Ghana EDUCATION Ph. D., Applied Economics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, USA (2010) Dissertation: Essays on the Economics of Health and Education in Developing Countries Essay 1: The Impact of Mother s Education on Child Health and Nutrition in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Burkina Faso Essay 2: A More Detailed Look at the Mother s Health Knowledge and Bargaining Power as Pathways in the Mother s Education-Child Health Relationship Essay 3: The Impacts of School Management Reforms in Madagascar: Do the Impacts Vary by Teacher Type? Advisors: Paul Glewwe and Robert Town 2

3 M.S., Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, USA (2005) Thesis: Determinants of Adoption of Soil and Water Conservation Techniques in Burkina Faso. Advisor: Tracy Boyer Maitrise, Economics, Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (2002) Senior paper : Stratégies de Financement des Projets de Développement par les Bailleurs de Fonds au Burkina Faso : Cas de l Union Européenne et du Canada Advisor: Abdoulaye Senghor PUBLICATIONS Articles Traoré, S., E.W.H. Maïga, and O. Zallé (2016) Impact de la Stratégie de limitation du redoublement sur les performances scolaires dans l éducation de base au Burkina Faso, African Education Development Issues, Forthcoming Mulangu, F.,.M. Miranda, and E.W.H. Maïga Cocoa Pricing Options and Their Implications for Poverty and Industrialization in Ghana, Agricultural Economics, published online 29 December 2016, DOI: /agec Maiga, E.W.H. (2016). Foreign Aid in Education and Gender Equality in Developing Countries, Revue CEDRES-ETUDES, No 61 1er Semestre, ISSSN Maiga, E., Z. Babar, J. Janning, P. Lapegna, S. T. Tawk, W. Roberts, D. Anid, J. Ngeuamboupha, C. Gaylard (2015) The Big Question: Satisfying Needs: How Will Your Country Satisfy its Food Needs in the Future? World Policy Journal, 09 32(3):3-8. Glewwe, P., E. Maïga, and H. Zheng (2014) The Contribution of Education to Economic Growth: A Review of the Evidence, with Special Attention and an Application to Sub-Saharan Africa, World Development, Volume 59(July): Glewwe, P. and E. W. H. Maïga (2011) The Impacts of School Management Reforms in Madagascar: Do the Impacts Vary by Teacher Type? Journal of Development Effectiveness, Volume 3(4): Davis, E. E., A. S. Deinard, and E. W. H. Maïga (2010) Doctor, my Tooth Hurts: The Cost of Incomplete Dental Care in the Emergency Room. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, Volume 70 (3): Books and Book Chapters Maïga, E.W.H, Baliamoune-Lutz, M. and Ben Ali, M. S. (2016). Workers Remittances and Economic Development: Which Role for Education, in Ben Ali, M-S. (eds), Economic Development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Challenges and Prospects, Palgrave Macmillan. New York. Maïga, E.W.H. (2011) Essays on the Economics of Health and Education in Developing countries, Proquest Umi Dissertation Publishing. 3

4 Reports David S. Ameyaw and Eugenie Maïga Current Status of Youth in Agriculture in Sub- Saharan Africa: An Introduction in Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) 2015, Africa Agriculture Status Report: Youth in Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, Nairobi Kenya. Issue No 3. Eugenie W. H. Maïga Promoting Sustainable Rural Development in Burkina Faso, Report for the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), Accra Ghana, March 2015 Contributor to the 2014 Africa Transformation Report (ATR), African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), Accra Ghana, March Elizabeth E. Davis, Roberta B. Weber, Jennifer C. Albright, Eugenie W. H. Maïga, and Deana Grobe A Study of Alternative Methods for Collecting and Analyzing Child Care Price Data to Inform Maximum Rate Setting in the Child Care Assistance Program Report produced for the Minnesota Department of Human Services, January Available at WORKING PAPERS Maïga, E. (2015) Mother s Education and Children Nutrition Outcomes in Burkina Faso: Is there a Strong Causal Relationship? AGRODEP Working Paper 0019, Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. Mulangu, F.,.M. Miranda, and E. Maïga (2015) Is More Chocolate Bad for Poverty? An Evaluation of Cocoa Pricing for Ghana s Industrialization and Poverty Reduction, AGRODEP Working Paper 0014, Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. Maïga, E. Does Foreign Aid in Education Foster Gender Equality in Developing Countries? UNU WIDER WP/2014/048 PAPERS UNDER REVIEW Maïga, E.W. H. Gauging Countries Commitment to Skills Development for Economic Transformation in Africa, submitted to the Journal of Policy Modeling, January 2015 (under revision). Maïga, E.W. H. Mother s Education and Children Nutrition Outcomes in Burkina Faso: Is there a Strong Causal Relationship? submitted to Economic Development and Cultural Change, September 2016 OTHER RESEARCH Background paper on the analysis of the sorghum value chain in Burkina Faso, African Center for Economic Transformation,

5 Background paper on the analysis of the cotton value chain in Burkina Faso, African Center for Economic Transformation, 2013 Background paper on the analysis of the beef value chain in Burkina Faso, African Center for Economic Transformation, 2013 Background paper on the analysis of the poultry value chain in Burkina Faso, African Center for Economic Transformation, 2013 Background paper on the analysis of the poultry value chain in Ghana, African Center for Economic Transformation, 2013 WORKING IN PROGRESS Determinants of the Change in Youth and Women Agricultural Labor Participation in Selected African Countries The role of agricultural skills development in transforming African agriculture, background paper for the 2016 Africa Transformation report, with Harounan Kazianga Are Youth Exiting Agriculture en Masse with Luc Christiansen and Amparo Palacios- Lopez The Impact of Foreign Aid-financed versus Domestic Expenditures-financed Agricultural Training on Agricultural Productivity in Selected African Countries Productivity of Ghanaian Poultry Farms: Does Gender Matter? Skills Development and Competitiveness in Africa HONORS AND AWARDS Grant ($2,500) to cover cost of attending the 41st Eastern Economic Association Conference in New York, AGRODEP Research Valorization Grant, Awarded February 2015 Grant ($6000) for two papers on student retention and performance in the Burkinabe education system from the Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA), with Salimata Kouamé Traoré and Oumarou Zallé, awarded July 2014 Grant ($4,976) for a paper on training an agricultural productivity under the Uma Lele Mentorship Fund from the AAEA Trust Committee and Executive Board, awarded February 2014 Grant ($13,500) for a study of the Ghana Cocoa Processing Industry, AGRODEP Innovative Research Grant, with Francis Mulangu, Awarded January 2014 Grant ($5,000) for a paper on education and health using latest techniques on evaluating public policies, AGRODEP Seed Fund Grant, Awarded November 2013 Member of a consortium that won a three-year grant ($ 400,000 per year) from the Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development and the Swiss National Science Foundation for studies on Employment in the context of sustainable development, awarded November

6 Low Income-Lower Middle Income Countries Travel Grant, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association to present at the Annual Meeting, August 3-6, 2013 Grant ($3,000) for research paper on RECOM gender theme, United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research, Awarded March 2013 Departmental Fellowship, Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, Summer 2009 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School, University of Minnesota, Travel Grant, Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, University of Minnesota, 2008 Departmental Fellowship, Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, Spring 2007 Spielman Scholarship, Oklahoma State University, February 2005 Member, Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Oklahoma State University Chapter, elected November 2004 Fulbright Scholarship, National Scholarship, Government of Burkina Faso, Recognized as Best Student in the Field of Macroeconomics and Development Economics, Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences Economiques et de Gestion, UFR-SEG (School of Economics and Management), Université de Ouagadougou, and CONFERENCES CHAIR Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, July 2015 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, July 2014 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 3-6 August 2013 AAAWE session during the 17 th Annual Conference of the African Econometric Society, Kampala Uganda, July 2012 SELECTED PRESENTATIONS Maïga, Eugenie Determinants of the Change in Youth and Women Agricultural Labor Participation in Selected African Countries paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 31 st -July 2 nd August 2016 Maïga, Eugenie, Luc Christiansen and Amparo Palacios-Lopez Are Youth Exiting Agriculture en Masse paper presented at the dissemination event of the Agriculture in Africa Telling Facts from Myths Washington DC, June 15, 2015 Maïga, Eugenie The Impact of Foreign Aid-financed versus Domestic Expendituresfinanced Agricultural Training on Agricultural Productivity in Eight African Countries, paper presented at the 41 st Eastern Economics Association conference, New York, NY, 27 th February-1 st March

7 Maïga, Eugenie "Mother s Education and Child Health Outcomes in Burkina Faso: Is there a Strong Causal Relationship?", poster presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, July 27-29, 2014 Maïga, Eugenie Productivity of Ghanaian Poultry Farms: Does Gender Matter?, paper presented at the 40 th Eastern Economics Association conference, Boston, MA, 7-9 March 2014 Maïga, Eugenie Gauging Countries Commitment to Skills Development for Economic Transformation in Africa, paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 3-6 August 2013 Maïga, Eugenie Skills Development and Competitiveness in Africa, paper presented at the 18 th Annual Conference of the African Econometric Society, Accra, Ghana, July 2013 Maïga, Eugenie The Impact of Mother s Education on Child Health and Nutrition Outcomes in Developing Countries: Evidence form a Natural Experiment in Burkina Faso, paper presented at the 17 th Annual Conference of the African Econometric Society, Kampala, Uganda July DISCUSSANT African Econometrics Society Conference, Accra, Ghana, Global Trade Alert (a CEPR initiative) and African Center for Economic Transformation joint conference on "Analyses of Contemporary Protectionism" Accra, Ghana,June 2012 African Econometrics Society Conference, Kampala, Uganda, PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICES Membership Conseil Africain et Malgache pour l Enseignement Supérieur (CAMES), since July 2016 Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA), since 2014 African Finance and Economics Association (AFEA), since 2013 Governance of Extractives Industry (GOXI), since 2013 African Econometric Society (AES), since 2012 Association for the Advancement of African Women Economists (AAAWE), since 2012 African Growth and Development (AGRODEP) Modeling Consortium, since 2012 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), since 2008 Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, since 2004 Fulbright Association, since 2003 Manuscript Reviewer Africa Agricultural Status Report (AASR), Journal of Development Studies, African Economic Outlook (AEO), International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, and Feminist Economics 7