The Role of Trade and Investment Policies in Boosting NDCs Implementation
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Ms. Mélanie Laloum
Lead Economist, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) · International Organizations and Civil Society
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Investment for Development Research Square
The Investment, Trade and Development Nexus
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Biography
Mélanie Laloum is the Lead Economist for the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). A native of France, Mélanie Laloum received her master’s degree in Economics from Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne in 2009. Prior to the ICC, she worked as a macroeconomist for the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank on Latin American and West African countries. Her work currently focuses on international trade, fiscal policy and small businesses.
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