Researchers
Alicia Dipierri
Ana Alicia Dipierri is a researcher, at the CERMi-ULB under the joint supervision of Marek Hudon and Tom Dedeurwaerdere (UCL). She starts in October with a 2+2 Aspirant fellowship of the FNRS. Her topic of interest is the behavioral changes that occur in the food system towards a sustainable development. More precisely, the objective of her PhD is to understand the changes in the behavior, the innovative solutions and the triggering motivations of several actors (i.e. small-scale and medium producers and enterprises, industrial actors, not-for-profit organizations, etc.), towards a sustainable development. She holds a master’s degree in international development and economics (HTW Berlin, Germany), two post-diploma/licentiate degrees in marketing (UOC Barcelona, Spain) and international trade (UB Barcelona, Spain), and a diploma/licentiate in tourism development (UNCo Neuquen, Argentina).
Email: Alicia.Dipierri@ulb.be
Tel.: +32 (0)2.650.35.88
Nzanzu Y'Ise Kivalya
Nzanzu Y'Ise Kivalya is doing a PhD at the University of Mons (Warocqué School of Business and Economics) under the supervision of Dr Cécile GODFROID. In his research, he discusses gender issues in Microfinance. More specifically, his PhD topic is entitled: "Microfinance and Women". He also holds a Specialised Master's degree in the "European Microfinance Programme" from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Solvay School of Economics and Management).
Email: nzanzukivalya@gmail.com
Pablo Manuelli is a researcher working under the supervision of Professor Marek Hudon (ULB). He works on a one-year study mission relative to the development of an inter-enterprise mutual credit scheme in the Brussels-Capital Region. The project is being carried out as a in collaboration with Financité ASBL. He holds a master’s degree in economics with a focus in “economics and society” from the University of Liège (ULiège) and a master’s degree in political sciences from the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He has gained some working experience in the field of poverty and energy economics through, respectively, internships at the Federal Planning Bureau and at the think tank Itinera.
Email: Pablo.Manuelli@ulb.be
Deborah Umba Ngoyi
Deborah Umba Ngoyi is a CERMi Researcher, undertaking a PhD at the University of Mons on the following topic “Essay on the digitization of financial services in developing countries”. Her research focuses on the dynamics and effects of digital financial services, mobile money, innovative finance for women empowerment and gender equality, financial inclusion of people with disabilities, among others. She published in peer-reviewed journals and has been involved in microfinance projects in developing countries, including the implementation of a pro-poor financial institution in her home country. She also provided assistance to financial inclusion projects in European countries in supporting the European Microfinance Network work as Advocacy and Research Assistant and was a Teaching Assistant in Econometrics at the Protestant University in Congo for 6 years. With regard to her professional experience, she is currently Senior Economist at the African Development Bank and has previously worked as Economic Research Fellow at the Economic Commission for Africa of the United Nations, and as Economist, Quality Manager and Project Manager in the private sector and for NGOs.
Email: deborahumba97@gmail.com