Tarig Alhaj Rakhy is a Research Analyst with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He is a development economist with experience in economic research and policy analysis. At IFPRI, he contributes to quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, conducts literature reviews, and assists in drafting reports and research papers. He also coordinates projects and supports outreach activities. Tarig’s research interests include public policy and political economy; public finance management; education economics; rural development and poverty reduction; and agricultural economics.
Prior to joining IFPRI, Tarig served as a Junior Researcher for Sudan’s Economic and Social Research Bureau – Ministry of Higher Education and as a Research Assistant at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. He has also worked as a Research Consultant with Expertise France and as a short-term Research Assistant at the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Humanities and Social Sciences at Qatar University.
Tarig holds a master’s in Development Economics from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar, and a bachelor’s in Economics and Development from the University of Khartoum, Sudan.
