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R Shiny Projects
Three interactive dashboards built with R Shiny: Canada’s rental market, perceived problems across African countries, and government revenue mobilisation.
Africa Problems Survey — Afrobarometer Round 9 Permalink
Interactive dashboard of perceived major problems across African countries (Afrobarometer R9).
Canada Housing Analytics — Interactive Dashboard Permalink
Exploring Canada’s rental market with Statistics Canada data (filters by province, time, and indicators).
Government Revenue Mobilization — UNU-WIDER Permalink
Interactive visualization of government revenue composition and trends using UNU-WIDER data.
developmenteconomics
finance
MACD + SMA Backtesting (2015–2024)
Systematic backtesting of a MACD crossover strategy with SMA overlays across multiple assets (TSLA, NVDA, AAPL, MSFT, AMZN).
TSLA 2024 — Heikin-Ashi + Ichimoku + VWAP Permalink
Heikin-Ashi candles, Ichimoku Cloud, anchored VWAP, Stochastique & OBV (style ggplot2).
NVDA 2024 — Interactive Technical Analysis Permalink
Candlesticks, SMA20, Bollinger(20,2), RSI(14) & MACD(12,26,9) on NVIDIA’s 2024 price action.
AAPL 2022 — Interactive Technical Analysis (Light Theme)
EMA20/EMA50, Bollinger(20,2), RSI(14) & Volume (thème clair).
macroeconomics
personal
portfolio
Tax Revenue Trends Across Regions
Analyzing the evolution of tax revenue trends across five global regions, highlighting actionable insights for policymakers.
Business Cycle Decomposition of Canadian GDP Using HP Filter
Visual analysis of Canada’s GDP using the Hodrick–Prescott filter to separate long-term trend from short-term cycles.
Clustering Student Profiles Using PASEC 2019 Data
Dimensionality reduction and unsupervised clustering (DBSCAN + PCA) applied to education data from 14 African countries, revealing student profiles across performance, SES, and school context.
Effect of Chinese Financial Flows on Economic Growth
Analysis of Chinese financial flows and their impacts on economic growth in 147 countries between 2000 and 2021.
Gender and School Type Differences in Learning Outcomes – PASEC 2019
Exploratory data analysis using PASEC 2019 to examine gender gaps in reading and mathematics across 14 African countries.
Mapping Political Violence in Africa (2021–2024)
Geospatial analysis of political violence events in Africa using ACLED data, with emphasis on event types and fatalities across regions.
Monte Carlo Simulation of a Canadian Stock Portfolio
An interactive visualization of 200 possible futures for a Canadian stock portfolio (Shopify, RBC, TD…), simulated using a Monte Carlo algorithm in Python.
Multidimensional Poverty Comparison in Africa (2011 vs 2018)
Comparative heatmap showing changes in deprivation across key development dimensions (health, education, living standards) in African countries.
Socio-Economic Determinants of HIV in Namibia
Analysis of factors influencing HIV prevalence in Namibia using the 2013 DHS data.
Sustainable Water Management in Casablanca
Analysis of the challenges of water management in the context of climate change and urbanization in Casablanca.
publications
python
Nobel Prize in Economics – A Data Exploration
Using Python to analyze Nobel laureates in Economics: age, gender, institutions, and the evolution of research themes.
stata
talks
teaching
wp
Private Schools and Student Performance : Insights from PASEC Assessments
This working paper examines the relationship between private school prevalence and student performance across 14 Francophone African countries using PASEC data.
Recommended citation: Massaoudou Namata, Abdoul Wahid. (2025). "Private Schools and Student Performance: Insights from PASEC Assessments." Working Paper, Université du Québec à Montréal.
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Chinese Financial Flows: A Lever for Growth in Recipient Economies?
This working paper investigates the effect of Chinese financial flows on economic growth in 147 countries between 2000 and 2021, using panel data methods including IV and dynamic panel models.
Recommended citation: Massaoudou Namata, Abdoul Wahid. (2025). "Chinese Financial Flows: A Lever for Growth in Recipient Economies?" Working Paper, Université du Québec à Montréal.
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Does Double Taxation Agreement Promote More FDI? Evidence from a New Database
This working paper uses a new dataset on international tax treaties to assess their effect on FDI and domestic revenue mobilization in developing countries using modern causal inference methods.
Recommended citation: Massaoudou Namata, Abdoul Wahid. (2025). "Does Double Taxation Agreement Promote More FDI? Evidence from a New Database." Working Paper, Université du Québec à Montréal.
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Calibrating Fiscal Risk Provisions: A Value-at-Risk Approach to Budget Forecast Errors
This policy report proposes a method for setting a government’s budgetary risk provisions. Public budget plans were scraped to build a structured database of revenue and expenditure line items with realized and forecast values by year (T and T+1). Value-at-Risk measures computed on realized-versus-forecast deviations are then used to calibrate provisions and strengthen budget-projection methodologies.
Labour market diagnostics — Liberia and The Gambia
Deep-dive diagnostics of the labour markets of Liberia and The Gambia, drawing on multiple primary and secondary data sources. Internal report for Development Impact (DIME), World Bank Group — not publicly available.
Monetary Policy in the Media Spotlight: Sentiments, Signals, and Economic Impact Permalink
Research assistance on a working paper by Ayivodji, Briand, Moran and Stevanovic. Monetary-policy sentiment indicators built from more than 50,000 Canadian newspaper articles using dictionary methods, transformer models and a generative-AI framework, embedded in a behavioural New Keynesian model and a Bayesian SVAR.
Recommended citation: Ayivodji, F., Briand, E., Moran, K., & Stevanovic, D. (2026). "Monetary Policy in the Media Spotlight: Sentiments, Signals, and Economic Impact." arXiv:2605.15092 [econ.EM].