Ashagrie Demile

Ashagrie is a Ph.D. student in Economics at the University of Verona, Italy. His research interests are in development economics, political economy, and finance in developing countries. His current research focuses on identifying the causal impact of regulation on banks’ liquidity and lending behavior in Ethiopia. His previous research experience is on technology spillover and FDI, wage inequality, inflation threshold, and consumption behavior in Urban Ethiopia.

He has more than a decade of experience in academia and research. Prior to joining his Ph.D., he worked in various research institutions such as the World Bank, the National Bank of Ethiopia, Policy Studies Institute (formerly known as Ethiopian Development Research Institute – EDRI) in various research capacities and responsibilities. He taught at Addis Ababa University and the University of Gondar. He holds two master’s degrees in Economics from the University of Verona, and the University of Antwerp, Belgium.