Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann is a Senior Researcher at INRA (Paris School of Economics) and co-director of PPD (Public Policy and Development) Master. She is teaching at PSE. She wasan Economist at the OECD development center. She has been Director of the INRA LEA research team (one of the founding component of PSE)Her research interests cover development economics and trade, and the economic history of wealth distribution.