Mohamedou Nasser Dine is an economist and public policy specialist. His research interests include labor economics, international trade, public policy, and applied econometrics in addition to spatial econometrics, advanced statistics, and data science. Nasser Dine has several peer-reviewed publications in journals such as the Japanese Economic Review and Journal of Economic Integration. The findings of his research are presented in international conferences, seminars, and workshops across the world. Nasser has solid experience in the financial sector where worked in various positions: Risk manager, credit analyst, trade finance..etc – before he receives his Ph.D. in International Public Policy from Osaka University - Japan. He worked as an international economist for economic research centers such as ERIA and mathematics teaching assistant at Osaka University. He’s a member of the Japanese Economic Association, where he contributed with research on matching efficiency within Japanese local labor markets. Currently, Nasser Dine works as a project manager at the United Nations Development Program UNDP.