Raymond Frempong

Dr. Raymond Frempong is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of Development Economics, University of Bayreuth, Germany, currently working on the project Multiplicity in Decision-Making of Africa’s Interacting Markets: The Functioning of Community Law, the Role of Market Participants and the Power of Regional Judges. He holds a PhD in Economics (2018) from the University of Bayreuth, an MPhil (2013) and BA (2008) in Economics from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana.

• Education: PhD (Economics), University of Bayreuth (2014-2018); MPhil (Economics), University of Cape Coast (2011-2013); BA (Economics), University of Cape Coast (2004-2008)

Research interests span economic development, child labor economics, rural agricultural development, food and nutrition security, and regional integration in Africa. His work often intersects household economics, policy evaluation, and health outcomes.

Recent publications focus on pandemic responses in Sub-Saharan Africa (2020), risk preferences and child labor (2020), food prices and child labor (2019), water infrastructure in Uganda (2019), credit access in Ghana (2018), Malawi’s subsidy programs (2018), and gender education impacts (2017).

• Scientific Awards: BIGSAS PhD Scholarship (2014-2018)

He has presented at major conferences including the African Economic Research Consortium, Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) Conferences, and the 6th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences (2017).