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Paul HADJI-LAZARO
Economist - Modeller
Researcher
Expertise : Climate and biodiversity economics
Country and region : Africa, South Africa
Theme : Financial Systems, Biodiversity, Climate, Energy
Paul Hadji-Lazaro is a macroeconomist specializing in environmental issues within AFD’s Macroeconomic Modelling Unit.
Overview
With a PhD in economics, Paul Hadji-Lazaro joined AFD to study the macroeconomic risks related to the loss of biodiversity in South Africa. He applies and develops the methodological tools that he elaborated during a previous study conducted in partnership with the Banque de France.
Today, while continuing its collaborations on several research projects on the interrelations between economic stability and biodiversity (especially in Africa), he is leading the development of a GEMMES macroeconomic model applied to South Africa, aimed at analysing the macro-financial implications of changes in energy, water and agricultural systems.
RESEARCH PROGRAMME
Other works
- « A from-whom-to-whom approach to understand the financial structure of South Africa », with Paul Hadji-Lazaro, Adri Wolhuter, Anna Maria Oosthuizen, Adel Bosch and Mlondi Ndove, WIDER Working Paper 113/2025, UNU-WIDER (2025).
- « Biodiversity loss and financial stability as a new frontier for central banks: An exploration for France », with M. Salin, R. Svartzman, E. Espagne, J. Gauthey, J. Berger, J. Calas, A. Godin and A. Vallier, Ecological Economics, 223, 108246 (2024).
- « Identification des vulnérabilités à la transition induites par la demande: application d’une approche systémique à l’Afrique du Sud », with A. Godin, Revue économique, 73(2), 267-301 (2022).
- « Environmental responsibility and exposure of finance: combining Environmentally-extended Input-Output and Balance Sheet approaches. » Available at SSRN (soon in Ecological Economics), 2022.
