Fayçal Sawadogo (Ph.D. in economics, CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand) is an economist in the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department. Before joining the IMF in 2022, he worked as a consultant for the World Bank and the African Development Bank and as an analyst at the Foundation for Studies and Research on International Development (FERDI) in Clermont-Ferrand (France). Fayçal’s research interests include macroeconomics, development economics, and public finance, with a focus on tax policy.