Karim Nchare

Karim Nchare is Senior Lecturer in Economics at Vanderbilt University specializing in econometrics and development economics. Research applies causal inference methods to agricultural development, health interventions, and structural economic change in sub-Saharan Africa.

Field experiments examine market access impacts on agricultural quality upgrading in Mali, vaccine program long-term effects in Burkina Faso, and technical heterogeneity in Tanzania's maize sector. Methodological contributions include quantile difference-in-differences with time-varying qualifications.

Teaching portfolio includes econometric methods, computational economics, and game theory at undergraduate and graduate levels. Previously taught at African School of Economics and advised Nigeria's RISE Programme on school-based management systems.