Burkina: Oumarou Boua earns doctorate with "very honourable" distinction
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Burkina: Oumarou Boua earns doctorate with a thesis on political instability and external financing in sub-Saharan Africa (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Economic and development adviser Oumarou Boua received his doctorate from Thomas Sankara University with a thesis on the links between political instability and external financing in sub-Saharan Africa. His work finds that instability reduces foreign direct investment and can increase migrant…
Burkina: Oumarou Boua earns doctorate with "very honourable" distinction (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Oumarou Boua received his doctorate with the "very honourable" distinction in Ouagadougou on 2 November 2026. His thesis examines political instability and external financing in sub-Saharan Africa.
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