Dr. Nana Afranaa Kwapong
Contact
| Email: | nafranaa@yahoo.com |
Present Position
On parental leave, Fertilizer Policy Coordinator, New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD) (until 02/2014)
Position within the Division
Until June 2012 Ph.D. Student and Junior Research Fellow in the Joint Research Project "Making Rural Services Work for the Poor"
Research Interest
- Development Studies, Rural Development, Poverty Reduction, African Studies
- Institutional Economics, Cooperative Studies, Policy Analysis
- Qualitative Research Methods
Academic Career
| 09/2008 - 06/2012 |
Research fellow within the research project “Making Rural Services Work for the Poor – The Role of Rural Institutions and their Governance for Agriculture-Led Development“. |
| 09/2008 - 12/2008 | Visiting scholar at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Bloomington, Indiana University, USA (Prof. Dr. Elinor Ostrom). |
Academic Background
| 2006 - 2008 |
M.Sc. Integrated Natural Resource Management, Humboldt University of Berlin Thesis: Rural Services and Poverty Alleviation in Uganda |
| 2002 - 2006 |
B.Sc. Agricultural Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana |
Field Research and Work Experience
| 07/2007 – 09/2007 |
Project Researcher EED Dialogue and Support Service-South Caucasus Project: Farmers organizations in the development of Agriculture in the South Caucasus: Case of Armenia |
| 07/2006 – 10/2006 |
Intern (IAESTE) Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture |
| 06/2005 – 09/2005 |
Farm Assistant (Intern) Farmbee Ghana Ltd. (Asiakwah – Ghana) |
| 06/2004 – 09/2004 |
Assistant Credit and Loans Officer (Intern) Atwima Kwanmoma Rural Bank (Kumasi-Ghana) |
| 06/2004 – 09/2004 |
Laboratory Assistant (Intern) Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Kumasi - Ghana) |
Presentations
- “Rural Services and Poverty Alleviation in Uganda.” Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, October 08, 2008.
Memberships
- International Association of Agricultural Students (IAAS)
- International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE)
- Ghana Association of Agricultural Students (GAAS)