Alfio Cerami

I also work as "external consultant" and "independent expert" for consultancy companies and international organizations.

My areas of expertise involve:

• Economic, political and social transformations in transition and developing countries;
• Economic and human development in Sub-Saharan Africa;
• Socio-economic transformations and democratization in Middle and North Africa (MENA);
• Transformation of social security systems;
• Migration and social protection;
• European social policy;
• EU Enlargement;
• Democratization;
• Human and socio-economic security.

The countries covered in my investigations include:

• the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia for Central Europe;
• Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for the Baltic States;
• Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo Under UNSC 1244, TFYR Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia for South-East Europe;
• Belarus, Moldova, Russian Federation and Ukraine for the Western CIS;
• Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia for the Caucasus;
• Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan for the Central Asian Republics.
• Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal for West Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya and Somalia for East Africa, Cameroon, Congo and Gabon for Central Africa and Botswana, Malawi and South Africa for Southern Africa;
• Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen for the MENA region.