Dr. Davina Osei
Affiliated researcher Research group(s): 4. Governance and institutions 7. Social Protection Davina Osei is a policy and research consultant at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative at the University of Oxford. She is also an affiliated researcher at UNU-MERIT. She obtained her PhD in Development Economics and Governance in 2019 from UNU-MERIT. She also holds a Masters in Applied Economics from the University of Strathclyde and a Bachelors in Development Planning from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Prior to joining UNU-MERIT, Davina worked with UNDP Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF/SGP) on environmental and sustainable livelihoods projects as well as the GIZ African Cashew Initiative (ACi) on agricultural and human development projects. Her expertise is in development economics with a focus on institutions, environment and human development. Her PhD thesis focused on the role of social capital in shaping (or reducing) corruption proclivities particularly in less developed countries.
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