I examine how climate finance is allocated, and what it changes on the ground.
Development economist at CERDI (CNRS · UCA · IRD). I use geocoded data, machine learning, and causal inference to follow climate and development finance from commitment to local impact.
What I work on
Four threads, one question: does development and climate finance reach the places and outcomes it promises?
Climate & adaptation finance
Tracking the volume, targeting, and gaps in "climate money" - from international commitments to who actually receives it.
Geocoded & spatial data
Mapping development aid to the subnational places it lands, so impact can be measured where it actually happens.
Causal inference
Difference-in-differences, event studies, and double machine learning to estimate the real effects of climate policy.
ML & NLP for economics
Using text-as-data and machine learning to classify and extract signal from large policy and project corpora.
Publications & working papers
Development Goals, Environmental Costs? Evidence from Geocoded Climate and Non-Climate Finance
The global challenge of climate change is increasingly a place-based development challenge: investments that raise living standards also shape long-run emissions through energy systems, infrastructure, and urban form. This paper uses …
Maladaptation by Displacement: Spatial Spillovers of Adaptation Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ongoing work with Florian Weiler (Central European University) on the spatial dimension of adaptation finance in Sub-Saharan Africa: how geocoded adaptation projects relate to outcomes in the areas around them. The project combines …
Subnational allocation of geolocated bilateral adaptation projects: a global analysis, 2010–2020
Joint work with Paul Vernus on whom bilateral adaptation finance prioritizes within the countries that receive it. We geolocate adaptation-related projects committed over 2010–2020 by 19 bilateral donors in the 29,099 second-level …
Do National Adaptation Plans Attract Adaptation Finance? Evidence from the Composition of Aid
Do National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) mobilize additional development finance, or redirect existing finance toward adaptation? Combining NAP adoption dates with OECD CRS commitments for 145 recipient countries over 2009–2024 and a staggered …
From the notebook
Back to where it started: FAERE 2026 in Dijon
Presenting my development-finance and CO₂ emissions paper at the 13th FAERE conference — …
Watching Europe's 2026 wildfire season, live
Last year I looked back at the 2025 fire season. This year I am watching it happen. I …
A research visit to CEU Vienna - and a detour through Prague and Bratislava
Notes from a spring research stay at the Department of Public Policy at Central European …
Hi there.
I’m a development economist in training at CERDI. I spend most of my time debugging my R and Python codes trying to understand where "climate money" goes, what it is for, what it changes locally, and how data and ML can help answer these questions.
From March to May 2026 I was a visiting PhD candidate at Central European University in Vienna, hosted by Prof. Florian Weiler in the Department of Public Policy.
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Clermont Auvergne University2023
Clermont Auvergne University2021
Clermont Auvergne University2018
Let's talk research, teaching, or a collaboration.
The best way to reach me is by email. I'm always glad to hear from co-authors, students, and others.