Amina Coulibaly

Amina Coulibaly is a local economist and has worked for the International Monetary Fund representative office in Cote d’Ivoire since July 2012. She assists the resident representative in his duties by monitoring the IMF financial and economic program, managing databases, making economic analyses, and handling other responsibilities as assigned. Amina is following both negotiating and technical assistance missions and has developed expertise in fiscal and macroeconomic framework issues as well as in monetary policy and development economics. Amina Coulibaly volunteers at a youth organization which fights for youth employment through income-generating activities and is a PhD candidate for an African Economic Research Consortium CPP program (a high quality doctoral degree program in Africa). She also holds two MS degrees in Economics. Upon completion of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Amina plans to continue her work in public financial management and to implement a project that will promote girls’ education in her community.