Auguste Tano Kouamé

Auguste Tano Kouamé is a Visiting Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute located at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Auguste is leading Climate and Development work on Africa and COP32. Prior to this, Auguste worked at the World Bank for 29 years. He served as World Bank Country Director for Türkiye from 2019 to 2022 and for India from 2022 to 2025.

Auguste was the chair and convener of the World Bank Task Force on Climate co-benefits of operations and spearheaded the creation of the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) which became a World Bank core analytical tool. He guided the preparation of the Türkiye CCDR. He previously held various positions including Director in the Independent Evaluation Group, Practice Manager for Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management in Latin America & the Caribbean and in the Middle East & North Africa regions, Lead Economist, Assistant to the World Bank Group President, and Country Economist. Prior to joining the World Bank, Auguste worked at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) where he took field assignments in Sierra Leone and Haiti. Auguste holds a PhD in Economics from Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS-Paris) and a graduate degree from Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique (ENSAE-Paris).