Thaddee Badibanga

Dr. Badibanga has been an Assistant Professor of Economics here at Bowie State University since August 2017, after working for the same institution as a Visiting Associate Professor of economics for three years. He worked before for the International Food Policy Research Institute – IFPRI (a Washington D.C. based research institution) from 2010 to 2014 as an Associate Research Fellow and the Coordinator of the IFPRI’s Country Strategy Support Program (CSSP) for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Prior to joining IFPRI, Dr. Badibanga worked as a Lecturer at the University of Kinshasa (Kinshasa, DRC), an Instructor at the University of Minnesota Twi-Cities, an Adjunct Professor at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John University (Minnesota), and an Adjunct Professor at Hamline University (Minnesota). He also worked as an expert at the DRC Internal Revenue Service and as a Fiscal Advisor to the DRC Minister of Treasury.  He earns a master’s degree in economics from Western Illinois University and a Ph.D. degree in Applied Economics, Macroeconomics, Economic Growth and Development from the University of Minnesota. His research foci include structural transformation, economic growth, and agricultural and rural development. He has been involved in research and policy advisory work on sectoral policy and strategy issues related to the implementation of the AU/NEPAD’s Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Program (CAADP).