Seydou Coulibaly is an Economist, currently working with the African Development Bank as Senior Country Economist for Burundi. Before joining the African Development Bank, he has lectured in Macroeconomics at the University of Clermont Auvergne (CERDI), France and in international taxation at the African Centre for Management and Executive Development (CAMPC), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Seydou holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Clermont Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand. He holds two Master’s degrees – one in Public Finance from the same university, and another in Applied Econometrics from the University of Science and Technology of Lille, France. Seydou’s research experience and areas of professional interest include tax policy, petroleum and mining fiscal regimes and foreign direct investment from which he published research papers in peer review journals. Seydou is Editor for the African Multidisciplinary Tax Journal and has also served as a referee for various International Development journals.