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Mr. Michael Whyte-Kpessa
Affiliation
Doctoral Student (ADB), McMaster University
Address
Kenneth Taylor Hall 515
Department of Political Science
Mc Master University
Hamilton, Ontario
L8S 4M4
Canada
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Biosketch
Mr. Whyte-Kpessa began his PhD at McMaster University in September 2005. His major fields include comparative public policy, public administration and comparative politics, with a specific focus on Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) in particular, and the Global South in general. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Master of Arts in International Relations from University of Ghana, Legon and Brock University, respectively. He was also awarded Advanced Certificates in Teaching, Learning & Educational Technologies by Brock University’s Center for Teaching and Learning.
Key research/capacity building interests
Research Interests
- Social Policy Transformation
- Politics of Pension Reforms in English-Speaking Africa
- Welfare Regimes in Africa
- Social Security in Africa’s Moral Economy
- Africa’s Older Persons,, Retirement policies and the Labour market
- Global Policy Actors and Retirement/Old Age Income Policies in Africa
Key methodological skills
- Qualitative methods – Interviews, Content analysis, Discourse analysis and Literature reviews
Current/planned research
- The politics of social security reforms in English-speaking SSA countries with keen attention to continuity, resistance and change in old age income policies and programmes