About me
I am currently a Postdoctotal Research Fellow within the Health Organisation, Policy and Economics Research Group at the University of Manchester. Previously, I worked as an Associate Evaluation Officer at the Evaluation Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and as a consultant at the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). I obtained my PhD in Economics from the Department of Economics at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. I have specialised expertise in applied microeconomics and microeconometrics, with a research specialisation in health economics and policy evaluation.
Research interests:
Health, Labour and Development Economics
Other professional activity:
(1) Advisory Board Resource Person, Programme for Employment Promotion in Africa with the Diaspora (WIDU Africa), GIZ | German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
(2) Fellow at the Africa Centre for Entrepreneurship and Youth Empowerment (ACEYE)
Contact:
Email: silas.amoagyei@gmail.com; amoagyei@unhcr.org; silas.amo-agyei@manchester.ac.uk