Murielle FOKOU PEPOUNG DZEUKOH is a recently graduate PhD from the University of Yaoundé II. Her research is in applied macroeconomics, with a focus on the political economy of education, women’s empowerment, and environmental performance. She is interested in analysing the effects of top down and bottom-up approach to institutional change on education inequalities, environmental sustainability, and women’s political empowerment. Passionate about research, she has different papers published in peer review journals such as Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, The journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Revue d’Economie du Développement, etc.