This Expert's name is Michael Kusi Appiah
This Expert's occupation is
Chief Analyst
This Expert's location is
Ghana
This Expert's nationality is Ghanaian
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Experience
5+ years
Languages
English, French
Countries of Work
China, People's Republic of, Germany, Ghana, Mali
Professional Experience
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National Development Planning Commission
Jun 2019 - PresentChief Analyst / Deputy Director:
Advisor for national policy development - applied microeconomics policy, trade finance, medium-term and long-term development planning, emergency planning, and review of national policy development plans. -
International Rescue Committee (IRC), Germany
Jun 2020 - Apr 2021Economist Health Analyst - Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Department at IRC Berlin (report to Headquarters in the USA)
• Responsible for the economic evaluation of malnutrition program in Mali
• Capacity building of Best of Resource Use team on economic evaluation
• Lead researcher - economic evaluation of the implementation of the
Moderate and acute malnutrition treatment in Mali
• Research health programs in South Sudan -
Chemonics, Ghana
Dec 2019 - Apr 2020Conducted supply chain cost evaluation of Ghana Health Logistics Information Systems (GHiLMIS).
Education
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Zeppelin University
Graduated 2018Doctorate in Economics -
Universität Hohenheim
Graduated 2012Master of Science in Agricultural Economics -
University of Ghana
Graduated 2008Bacherlor of Arts in Economics
Areas of Expertise
- General
- Coaching
- Training
- Remote Coaching
- Civil society engagement
- Health coverage schemes
- Resource allocation
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Private sector engagement
- Stakeholder engagement
- Health-related surveys
- Preparedness for public health emergencies
- Human resources planning, management, training and development
- Cost benefit analysis
- Data collection methodology
- Knowledge management software
- Quantitative and qualitative analysis
- Research
- Malaria
- Nutrition
- Costing
- Policy analysis
- Political economy analysis
- Stakeholder analysis
- Facilitating stakeholder dialgoue
- Strategic communications for engaging with community stakeholders for health
- Supply chain and commodity costing
- Supply chain in humanitarian response
- Supply chain organizational capacity and workforce
Affiliations
American Economic Associaition
University of Ghana Economics Students Association.
Ghana Association of Over the Counter Drugs Practitioner.
University of Ghana Economics Students Association.
Ghana Association of Over the Counter Drugs Practitioner.