Samory is a Program Associate at SDSN where he specializes in economic research for financing for sustainable development and structural vulnerability. He is co-leading the partnership with the Republic of Benin, for which he produces the Benin Sustainable Development Report. Before joining SDSN, Samory worked as a Junior Economist at the OECD Development Centre and the UN ESCAP. Samory holds a MRes degree in Development Economics from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and a master's degree in Development Studies from the Sorbonne Institute for the Study of Economics and Social Development (IEDES).