Jean Claude Ndabananiye is an education policy analyst working mainly on issues related to education finance and education policy in the context of developing countries. His current work focuses on technical support and policy dialogue with partnering countries. He also intervenes in the areas of research and training.

Prior to joining IIEP, he worked as an economist statistician at the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) headquarters in Montreal, Canada and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

He holds a master’s degree in development economics, and a master’s degree in project management from University of Auvergne School of Economics, Centre for Studies and Research on International Development (CERDI).