Raymond Elikplim Kofinti (PhD) is a Lecturer at the Department of Data Science and Economic Policy, School of Economics, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Raymond is an applied economics researcher with interests in welfare economics and global health research. His research involves a multifaceted approach to examining poverty, deprivations, inequalities, and health using mathematical and applied econometrics techniques.
Raymond has acquired the requisite experience and international exposure from the African Economic Research Consortium and Africa Institute-Western University, London-Ontario, sponsored mobility programmes. Raymond aspires to contribute to inequality-poverty research significantly, be at the forefront of graduate training and make intellectual contributions to welfare-related policy options and dialogues within sub-Saharan Africa. Some of his research publications can be found in Energy Economics, Economic Modelling, the Journal of Economic Inequality and Oxford University Press.