Alain-Désiré Nimubona
About
Dr. Nimubona grew up in Bujumbura (Burundi) and studied economics at the Université du Burundi. Thanks to a scholarship for academic excellence received from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), he was able to pursue his MSc studies at HEC Montréal (affiliated with the Université de Montréal). He went on to complete my PhD in applied economics at the same institution on a Trudeau Scholarship.
Due to his personal background as a native of a developing country, his early research interests were in development economics. He has conducted empirical and theoretical research related to structural adjustment programs and intergenerational education mobility in sub-Saharan Africa. Although he remains interested in development issues, he decided to specialize in environmental economics during my PhD studies. He developed research streams in environmental economics and industrial organization, especially in the analysis of imperfect competition strategies of the eco-industry - the specialized industry that supplies abatement goods and services, such as air pollution control and wastewater management, to polluters. As a faculty member at Waterloo, he continues, among other projects, to fully explore these issues with applications in the Alberta oil sands industry.