Mustapha Wasseja, PhD

Economics, data & public policy

I combine macroeconomic modelling, applied econometrics and open-source software to turn complex data into evidence for policy. My work connects economic growth, climate risk, fiscal policy and health systems.

World Bank Group · 2025–present

My consultancy spans Development Economics and the Global Financing Facility. I work on long-term growth, climate risk and labour productivity, fiscal and regulatory analysis, and GFF’s FASTR health-service disruption models and facility-survey validation.

UNECA · 2026–present

I support the Macroeconomics, Finance, Governance and Planning Division on health-financing and economy-wide modelling, focusing on Sierra Leone and Togo.

Academic background

PhD in Economics · Heriot-Watt University
MSc in Economics · University of Leeds
BSc in Economics and Statistics · Chuka University

Earlier work spans climate and land use in Colombia, quantitative research at Black Thrive Global, and automated property valuation. I have taught macroeconomics, microeconomics and statistical methods.