Nwafee, Francis Ikechukwu
Francis joined Resource and Environmental Policy Research Centre (REPRC), EfD-Nigeria as a Research Assistant in December 2020. He obtained his Master’s in Economics (2016) and he is currently a Ph.D. candidate with specialisation in Finance and Public Sector Economics at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Research interests
His research interest is primarily on Finance & Public Sector, Development, and Environmental Economics. He has assisted in studies on African Investment in Africa, with focus on total assets, origin, host countries and sectors of such investment. He is currently working along with researchers in a study on Willingness to Pay for Weather Indexed Insurance among rural farmers in Nigeria.
Grants and consultancy
- African Direct Investment: A baseline survey of intra-African investment patters. African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank), 2022.
- Peace Positive Private Sector Development in Africa (P3A). Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), 2022-2023.