Frank Otchere
Frank is a Social Policy Specialist overseeing some of the ongoing research under the Transfer Project and the Gender Responsive and Age Sensitive Social Protection (GRASSP) research streams. He has particular interest in the broad impacts of cash transfers on households and livelihoods, and of the heterogenous impacts of cash transfer interventions on different households. Frank also has interest in the broader social protection agenda, particularly innovative financing for development, fiscal space analysis, cost effectiveness and cost efficiency analysis. He holds a PhD in Public Policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as Masters degrees in Statistics and Demography, both from the University of Ghana. Prior to joining Innocenti, he worked as a Research Fellow with the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), a leading think tank based at the University of Ghana.