Mulu Gebreeyesus

Mulu Gebreeyesus (PhD) is a Weiss International Fellow at Barnard College, Colombia University. He is a Development Economist with a research focus on international trade, value chains, firm performance and upgrading; the practice and impact of industrial policy in developing countries; greening industries; Science, Innovation, and Technology (STI) policy and practice; entrepreneurship and small businesses development. He was a senior researcher at the United Nations University (UNU-MERIT) Maastricht in the Netherlands (2008-2014) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (2014-21). He led (or co-led) 17+ research projects, engaged extensively in policy advice and international consultancies. Gebreeyesus holds a PhD in Economics from the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden in 2006.