Laetitia is a development economist working on issues relating to economic transformation, climate change and gender. Her research interests include the trade, development and climate nexus, digitalisation and agriculture, development corridors and livelihoods.

Prior to joining ODI, Laetitia worked at C40 cities on issues of inclusion and migration in cities’ climate actions. She completed her post-doc at the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics working on sustainable and inclusive economic growth in development corridors in East Africa.

Laetitia holds a PhD in economics on improved water management for inclusive growth in Ghana from the University of the Basque country, Spain.