Christian Oldiges

Functional Title:
Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Project Coordinator Multidimensional Poverty
Institution:
ESCWA - Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Email Address:
christian.oldiges@un.org
Phone Number:
+961 1 978 712
Bio
Christian Oldiges is Senior Economic Affairs Officer at UN ESCWA, Beirut, where he is project coordinator on supporting Member States to build and employ new measures of multidimensional and monetary poverty. As a trained Development Economist, he has more than 15 years of experience in public policy advocacy and poverty measurement. Before joining ESCWA, he served as Policy Specialist at UNDP/BPPS, New York and was Director of Policy Research at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford. During 10 years at OPHI, he led multiple initiatives to develop national poverty measures together with governments in South Asia and Africa. In postdoctoral research at Oxford, he studied multidimensional poverty reduction in India, the interlinkages of poverty with migration and armed conflict, the welfare effects of workfare programs, and the measurement of food security. His works are published in the Journal of Development Economics, World Development, the Journal of International Development, Migration Studies, International Political Science Review, and in two Oxford University Press book chapters. He holds a PhD in Economics from Heidelberg University, Germany.
Christian Oldiges is Senior Economic Affairs Officer at UN ESCWA, Beirut, where he is project coordinator on supporting Member States to build and employ new measures of multidimensional and monetary poverty. As a trained Development Economist, he has more than 15 years of experience in public policy advocacy and poverty measurement. Before joining ESCWA, he served as Policy Specialist at UNDP/BPPS, New York and was Director of Policy Research at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford. During 10 years at OPHI, he led multiple initiatives to develop national poverty measures together with governments in South Asia and Africa. In postdoctoral research at Oxford, he studied multidimensional poverty reduction in India, the interlinkages of poverty with migration and armed conflict, the welfare effects of workfare programs, and the measurement of food security. His works are published in the Journal of Development Economics, World Development, the Journal of International Development, Migration Studies, International Political Science Review, and in two Oxford University Press book chapters. He holds a PhD in Economics from Heidelberg University, Germany.
Social
Years of experience 11-15 Years
Additional fields of expertise:
Employment guarantee, public works, food security, applied development economicsEconomic
Years of experience 11-15 Years
Additional fields of expertise:
applied development economics, econometrics for programme evaluation
SDGs Expertise:





Countries of Expertise:
- Capacity building
- Data analysis
- Programming
- Project management
- Strategic planning
- Team management
Degree Title | University | Graduation Date |
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Doctorate in Economics | University of Heidelberg, Germany | 2016-11-30 |
Title | Completion Date |
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Executive Education Leaders Programme: University of Oxford | 2022-05-13 |
Title | URL | Author/Co-Author |
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The Welfare Effects of India's Rural Employment Guarantees | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387822000256?dgcid=author | Co-Author |
Monetary and Multidimensional Poverty in Cameroon: Measurements, Determinants and Policy Implications, in Monga, CĂ©lestin (ed), 2022 | https://academic.oup.com/migration/advance-article/doi/10.1093/migration/mnaa022/5896175?guestAccessKey=0b45a989-844b-4309-bbde-1224e8efcb5b | Co-Author |
Does Workfare Work? India's Employment Guarantee during COVID-19 | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jid.3583 | Co-Author |
Examining Multidimensional Poverty Reduction in India 2005/6-2015/16: Insights and Oversights of the Headcount Ratio | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X21000668 | Co-Author |
In Quest of a Better Life: International Labour Migration and the Many Forms of Poverty | https://academic.oup.com/migration/advance-article/doi/10.1093/migration/mnaa022/5896175?guestAccessKey=0b45a989-844b-4309-bbde-1224e8efcb5b | Co-Author |