Bartholomew Bilijo Bachori is a Research Associate at IPA. Before his appointment, Bartholomew was the project coordinator for Family Support Lifeline (FASUL) where he supervised and implemented several projects in Health, Education, Agriculture, and Water and Sanitation. Bartholomew also previously served as a Teaching Assistant and Graduate Research Assistant at the department of economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He is currently a fellow of the Young Economist Network (YEN) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Environment and Climate Action working group for the All Africa Students Union. He holds a Master of Philosophy and Bachelor of Arts in Economics from KNUST, Ghana.