Emmanuel Orkoh
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
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Emmanuel Orkoh is a Development Economist with over 6 years of experience, currently a postdoctoral researcher at NAI and research scientist at North-West University, South Africa. He integrates field and secondary data to inform inclusive evidence-based policy design.
Research
Emmanuel’s research explores the welfare and distributional impacts of trade, health, labour market, and digital economy policies in Africa and other developing regions. He focuses on trade and labour market outcomes; intrahousehold resource allocation; poverty and inequality measurement; and the digital economy's effects on labour markets and domestic resource mobilization. His work applies rigorous econometrics to quantitatively analyze policies, ensuring their practical relevance and contextual applicability.
Current positions and affiliations
- Extraordinary Researcher Scientist, North-West University, South Africa
Background
Emmanuel has collaborated on research with institutions such as the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), UN Trade and Development, UONGOZI Institute, WTO, and Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). He played a key role in establishing the Centre for Data Archiving, Analysis, and Advocacy (C-DAMAA) at the University of Cape Coast's School of Economics. He is an active member of academic and policy networks like AGRODEP, BITSS, and PASRC. In 2018, he was selected for the WTO’s Ph.D. Support Programme for research on WTO-related topics.
