Prof. Nicholas Awortwi

Prof. Nicholas Awortwi is the Director of ILGS. He is a professional development planner and an expert in local governance with more than 22 years’ experience in research, teaching and advisory services on decentralization and local governance, public policy and development management, social protection and inclusive development. Prof Awortwi has been one of the leading authors of decentralization and local governance, public-private partnerships, and social protection issues in Africa. He has provided expert analysis and advice to international organizations working in Africa such as the UNDP, UNCDF, World Bank, Commonwealth Secretariat, and Netherlands Development Cooperation. He has more than 40 peer-review publications in internationally refereed journals and books.  His latest books “Non-State Social Protection in Africa. Governance below the State” and “Politics and Public Policy & Social Protection in Africa were published in 2018 by Routledge in London and New York. Prof Awortwi has also recently published a policy brief titled “Industrial Policy for Local Economic Transformation and Development in Ghana: Beyond Enabling Environment, Local Governments Have Business Doing Business”.