Dogo Armand Dago is a PhD candidate in Applied Economics at the Department of Industrial Economics, Wuhan University of Technology, within the Faculty of Economics. He serves as the corresponding author of the manuscript titled "The Effect of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic on the Secondary Sector in Côte d’Ivoire," published in Cogent Economics & Finance (12:1). His research interests encompass applied economics, with a particular emphasis on industrial economics and its influence on economic policy and development. As a scholar at the Faculty of Economics, Dago is committed to advancing the field through comprehensive academic research and practical applications.