I am an Applied Economist with specialties in advanced econometrics, health economics, agricultural economics, natural resources and environmental economics, and money and banking. I have a PhD in Agricultural Economics; joint Masters (MA and MPhil) and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, and a Certificate in Policy Impact Analysis.
I have diverse experience in applied research and policy in both developing and developed countries, and have worked in research as well as academia. Prior to joining LSHTM, I worked as a Senior Agricultural Economist at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
I started my career as a Teaching and Research Assistant in Econometrics, Project Appraisal and Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Cape Coast in 2005. I have also worked as a Research Economist at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economics Research, and Graduate Teaching Assistant in Applied Quantitative Methods at the Department of Economics, University of Ghana; Research Scientist at the CSIR-Science and Technology Policy Research Institute; and as Post-Doctoral Fellow and Policy Officer at the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, a technical arm of the African Union Commission responsible for Science, Technology and Innovation. I have experience in survey design and implementation as well as data analysis, and application of econometrics methods to evaluate policies.