Beri Parfait Bihkongnyuy
Development and education economist studying how schooling, health and economic conditions shape opportunity in low- and middle-income countries.
President · Founding researcher
About
Beri is a researcher in development and education economics and the founding President of the Triple Helix Foundation. His work uses cross-country panel data and quasi-experimental methods to study who gets left out of school, how health and education affect each other, and how small firms contribute to growth in Africa.
Current work
Ongoing
Education and health across low- and middle-income countries
A set of cross-country studies on how the double burden of disease and progress towards universal health coverage relate to education outcomes.
Ongoing
Gender gaps in school exclusion
How the gap between girls and boys who are out of school has shifted across low- and middle-income countries, and why.
Manuscript in progress
SMEs and economic growth in Africa
Whether the contribution of small and medium enterprises to economic growth changes as the sector grows.
Published · policy paper in preparation
Armed conflict and education in the Sahel
Evidence on how armed conflict affects schooling in the Sahel, now being turned into recommendations for policymakers.