Mrs. Odilia B. GNASSINGBE-ESSONAM is an Economist and the current Executive Director of CADERDT. Mastering the tools of applied economics, monitoring and evaluation, she puts her skills to use in the analysis of economic policies and the conduct of studies in the areas of social policy, macroeconomics, public finance and public policy evaluation. Mrs. GNASSINGBE-ESSONAM’s experience at the West African Development Bank (BOAD) and her academic work on infrastructure economics have enabled her to extend her studies to cover all the countries of the sub-region and of the continent, giving her a perfect knowledge of economic and integration policies.