Ka Lok Wong (Steve)
Macroeconomist · Associate Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
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Publications & Working Papers
Determinants of Sovereign Bond Issuance in Emerging Markets. With M. Manger & U. Panizza. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, forthcoming 2026.
Africa's Domestic Debt Boom: Evidence from the African Debt Database. With Manger, Mihalyi, Panizza, Rescia & Trebesch. CEPR Discussion Paper 20747, 2025.
Monetary Shocks and Fiscal Consequences: Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Tax Revenues in Emerging Markets. Single-authored research on how ERPT into fiscal sector in emerging markets.
Selected Skills
Software (teaching / working): Python, Stata, Matlab, Dynare, R, LaTeX
Data platforms: Bloomberg, Refinitiv DataStream, ORBIS, S&P Capital IQ, assorted APIs
Selected Employment
Economist (Associate Economic Affairs Officer)
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Macroeconomics, Finance and Governance Division (MFGD)
YPP programme, Economic Affairs
Addis Ababa · Feb 2025 – present
PhD Researcher
Centre for Finance and Development, Geneva Graduate Institute (SNIS project on sovereign debt)
Geneva · 2022 – 2024
Consultant / Research Intern
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Bangkok / Geneva · 2019 – 2022
Education
PhD in International Economics
Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID)
2021 – 2025 · Summa cum laude
Thesis: Essays in International Finance and Macroeconomics
MA in International Economics
Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID)
2020 – 2021 (fast-track to PhD)
MSc in Economic History
London School of Economics
2017 – 2018 · Merit
BA in Culture Management
City University of Hong Kong
2013 – 2017 · First
Research Assistance during PhD
Worked as research assistant to Ugo Panizza (2022); Philippe Bacchetta (2021–22); Richard Baldwin & Jonathan Dingle (2021).