Leonard Wantchekon

Leonard Wantchekon (an haife shi a shekara ta 1956) masanin tattalin arziki ne ɗan ƙasar Benin  kuma farfesa a fannin siyasa da al'amuran ƙasa da ƙasa a Makarantar Jama'a da Al'amuran Duniya ta Princeton (Princeton School of Public and International Affairs), kuma mai alaƙa da Sashen Tattalin Arziƙi a Jami'ar Princeton.  Ya koyar a Jami'ar Yale daga shekarar (1995-2001) da Jami'ar New York (2001-2011). Shi ne shugaban da ya kafa makarantar nazarin tattalin arzikin Afirka da ke da hedkwata a ƙasar Benin.    Nazarin da ya yi da Nathan Nunn kan tasirin cinikin bayi a kan amana na zamani yana cikin mafi yawan binciken da aka ambata a fannin tattalin arziki.

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Wantchekon an haife shi kuma ya girma a Zagnanado, Benin.   Iyayensa manoma ne.  Bayan shiga jami'a, Wantchekon ya zama mai fafutuka wanda ya yi yaƙi da mulkin kama-karya na Mathieu Kérékou.  Wantchekon ya kaucewa hukumomi har zuwa shekara ta 1985 lokacin da aka kama shi.  Bayan watanni 18 a gidan yari, Wantchekon ya yi karin gishiri don samun magani a wajen kurkukun; yayi amfani da wannan damar ya tsere.  Ya tsere zuwa Najeriya da Ivory Coast kafin ya zama dan gudun hijira a Canada. 

Yana da MA a fannin tattalin arziki daga Jami'ar Laval da Jami'ar British Columbia (1992). Ya samu Ph.D. a cikin Ilimin Tattalin Arziki daga Jami'ar Arewa maso Yamma (1995) inda Roger Myerson ya rinjaye shi.  Bukatun bincike na Wantchekon sun haɗa da dimokraɗiyya, abokantaka da kuma sake rarraba siyasa, la'anar albarkatu, tasirin zamantakewa na dogon lokaci na abubuwan tarihi, da tattalin arziƙin ci gaba. Ayyukansa an nuna su a cikin manyan wallafe-wallafen da yawa, irin su Nazarin Tattalin Arziki na Amirka da Jaridar Kwatancin Tattalin Arziki.

Shi ma'aikaci ne na Kwalejin Fasaha da Kimiyya ta Amurka kuma wanda ya kafa Makarantar Tattalin Arziki ta Afirka. Daga shekarun 2008-2009, ya kasance Sakataren kungiyar Kimiyyar Siyasa ta Amurka. Wantchekon kuma babban abokin tarayya ne a cikin hanyar sadarwa ta Afrobarometer.  A watan Nuwamba 2018 ya zama Bakar fata na farko a Afirka da za a bayyana su a Fellow of the Econometric Society. 

Ya kasance mai ba da shawara na tarihi akan fim din tarihin  Amurka na shekarar 2022 The Woman King, wanda Gina Prince-Bythewood ya ba da umarni, wanda ake yi game da Agojie, rukunin jarumai mata duka da suka kare masarautar Dahomey ta Yammacin Afirka a lokacin ƙarni na 17 zuwa 19.   Wantchekon yana da ɗan Agojie a cikin danginsa.

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