Célestin Monga

Célestin Monga is an economist from Cameroon and a professor of public policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. He has held various board and senior executive positions in academia, financial services, and international development institutions, serving most recently as Managing Director at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). He won the 2022 International Economic Association Fellow Award. His most recent works include The Oxford Handbook of Structural Transformation (2019) and Beating the Odds: Jump-Starting Developing Countries (2017).