Lauriane Yehouenou is an Applied Economist with interests in natural resource economics, development economics, agricultural policy, and program evaluation.

Her current work links natural resources and development economics using bioeconomic modeling and field laboratory experiments. She also manages the bidding process and business development of Octopus Consulting and Insight in the United States.

Lauriane is a Fulbright Scholar with over 5 years of professional experience in project management, data management, statistics, finance and logistics. 

Various experiences in survey design and data collection. She has published in high impact peer-reviewed journals.  She has worked as a consultant for the World Bank Group. She is fluent in English, French, Spanish and German as well as several African languages.