Biography

Marco Sanfilippo is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Torino, an Affiliate at the Collegio Carlo Alberto, an Associate Research Fellow in Globalisation and Development at the Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, and a Programme Associate and Visiting Researcher with the Global Governance Programme at the European University Institute.

His work tries to understand the drivers of private sector development in low-income countries using firm and individual level data. On these topics, Marco regularly consults with national and international organisations, including so far THE United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-Wider), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.

Research projects, clusters and working groups

Ongoing

• Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy
• Supply Chains in Developing Countries: What is Next in the Agenda

Completed

• Services and economic development in Africa

Recent research output

• HOEKMAN, Bernard M.; SANFILIPPO, Marco; TAMBUSSI, Margherita (2023), Foreign direct investment and structural transformation in Africa, Working Paper
• HOEKMAN, Bernard M.; SANFILIPPO, Marco; SANTI, Filippo; TICKU, Rohit (2022), Government demand and domestic firm growth : evidence from Uganda, Other
• HOEKMAN, Bernard M.; SANFILIPPO, Marco; SANTI, Filippo; TICKU, Rohit (2022), Government demand and domestic firms growth : evidence from Uganda, Working Paper
• BACCINI, Leonardo; FIORINI, Matteo; HOEKMAN, Bernard M.; SANFILIPPO, Marco (2021), Services, jobs, and economic development in Africa, Working Paper
• DAMOAH, Kaku Attah; GIOVANNETTI, Giorgia; SANFILIPPO, Marco (2021), Markup dispersion and firm entry : evidence from Ethiopia, Article
• HOEKMAN, Bernard M.; SANFILIPPO, Marco (2020), Foreign participation in public procurement and firm performance : evidence from sub-Saharan Africa, Article