
CURRICULUM VITAE 
December  2014 
 
ABEBE SHIMELES ABEBE 
African Development Bank 
Development Research Department 
 
Tunis 
Telephone: 
Office: 0021671102420 
Mobile: 0021698702235 
 
 
 
 
NATIONALITY      ETHIOPIAN 
 
 
EDUCATION  PhD  (Economics), School of Economics, University of 
Gothenburg, Sweden, ( 2006) 
    MA. (Economics), Delhi School of Economics, 1990, India 
    B.A. (Economics), Addis Ababa University, 1984, Ethiopia 
     
AFFILIATIONS/ FELLOWSHIPS:  
IZA Research Fellow: November 2011-Present 
 
  Associate Researcher, University of Goteborg, January 2008-
Present 
 
 
 
WORK EXPERIENCE 
 
November 2014-Present  Acting Director, Development Research Department, African 
Development Bank 
 
July 2011-Present  Division Manager, Development Research Department, African 
Development Bank 
 
April 2009-June 2011     Principal Research Economist, African Development Bank 
 
 
January 2008-March 2009  Senior Poverty Economist, ETC, PREM( Rwanda), World Bank 
 
June 2006-December 2007  Research Fellow, Department of economics, University of 
Gothenburg, Sweden 
 
September 2006-October 2007  Economic Affairs Officer , Trade, Finance and Economic 
Development Division, UNECA