ECONOMIST & DATA SCIENTIST

Mustapha
WassejaPhD

Macroeconomics, applied econometrics
and evidence for public policy.

I study how connections across economies, places and institutions shape economic outcomes. My work brings together economic modelling, data science and open-source software.

Consultant, World Bank Group
International Consultant, UNECA

Portrait of Mustapha Wasseja
PhD in EconomicsHeriot-Watt University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Macroeconomics & growth
  • Spatial & network econometrics
  • Energy, climate & health financing

RESEARCH

Selected
research

Publications, working papers and doctoral research.

Full list on Scholar

4 works

Current research projects

OPEN SOURCE

Research
software

R packages that translate econometric methods into practical research tools.

GitHub

qpmR

R PACKAGE

Quarterly projection models

Model solution, filtering, conditional forecasts and policy analysis for monetary-policy workflows.

Details & installation

Includes shock decompositions and Bayesian estimation.

v1.1.0 · 29 Sep 2026 · MIT licence

install.packages("qpmR")

dsge

R PACKAGE

Dynamic general equilibrium models

Specify, solve and estimate DSGE models, with forecasting, impulse responses and policy analysis.

Details & installation

Includes maximum-likelihood and Bayesian estimation.

v1.2.0 · 25 Sep 2026 · MIT licence

install.packages("dsge")

dcce

R PACKAGE

Dynamic panel econometrics

Common correlated effects estimation for heterogeneous panels with cross-sectional dependence.

Details & installation

Short- and long-run estimators, diagnostic tests and bootstrap inference.

v0.4.2 · 5 May 2026 · GPL ≥ 3

install.packages("dcce")

spmixW

R PACKAGE

Bayesian spatial panel models

Spatial specifications and model averaging with combinations of spatial weight matrices.

Details & installation

Supports fixed effects and Bayesian model averaging across weight-matrix choices.

v0.2.2 · 16 Apr 2026 · GPL ≥ 3

install.packages("spmixW")

Version details updated October 2026. See CRAN for current releases.

BACKGROUND

Appointments
& education

Connecting academic research with applied policy work.

World Bank Group

2025 — present

Consultant

  • Development Economics — Macroeconomics and Growth team (DECMG)
  • Development Economics Regulatory Efficiency (DECRE)
  • Global Financing Facility (GFF)

Work spanning long-term growth, climate risk and labour productivity, fiscal and regulatory analysis, and GFF’s FASTR health-service disruption models and facility-survey validation.

UNECA

2026 — present

International Consultant

Macroeconomics, Finance, Governance and Planning Division

Health financing and economy-wide modelling across five African countries: Botswana, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Togo and Guinea-Bissau.

Education

PhD, Economics
Heriot-Watt University
MSc, Economics
University of Leeds
BSc, Economics and Statistics
Chuka University
Earlier experience & teaching

Earlier work spans climate and land use in Colombia, quantitative research at Black Thrive Global, and automated property valuation.

Teaching experience includes macroeconomics, microeconomics and statistical methods.

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Research & collaboration

For enquiries about research, economic modelling and open-source tools.