Elhiraika, A.B.

Dr. Adam B. Elhiraika (PhD-Glasgow University) is the Director of the Macroeconomic Policy Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). He directly supervises ECA’s work on development planning; forecasting and macroeconomic policy analysis; economic governance and public sector management; and finance and private sector development, including research and advocacy work on combating illicit financial flows. The Division leads the substantive preparation of the Commission’s flagship publication: the Economic Report on Africa. Before joining the UN, Mr. Elhiraika served as Assistant and Associate Professor of Economics in several universities and he has published extensively in internationally refereed journals, books and monographs.