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Angela Mensah

Angela C. E. Mensah

Assistant Professor of Economics
Seaver College
AC 219
310.506.7488

Biography

Starting from humble beginnings, Angela Cindy Emefa Mensah received her bachelor’s degree in social science education (Economics and Mathematics major) from the University of Cape Coast and a Master of Philosophy in Economics from the University of Ghana. She worked as a research assistant at United Nations University’s World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) office at the University of Ghana. She also worked briefly as a lecturer for Semester at Sea before pursuing her PhD in Economics at Colorado State University. While studying for her PhD, she worked as a consultant and produced a paper for the 2022 World Inequality Series for the UNU-WIDER Development Conference in Bogotá, Colombia. 

Education

  • PhD, Economics, Colorado State University
  • MPhil, Economics, University of Ghana
  • BEd, Social Science (Economics and Mathematics), University of Cape Coast

 

  • Barbier, E.B., Mensah, A.C.E. & Wilson, M. (2023). Valuing the Environment as Input,
  • Ecosystem Services and Developing Countries. Environmental and Resource Economics 84:677-694. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-021-00570-0
  • Mensah, A. C. E., & Barbier, E. B. (2022). Growth and inequality convergence: the role of environmentally related impacts on human capital(No. wp-2022-110). World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER). https://doi.org/10.35188/ UNU-WIDER/2022/244-7
  • Angela Cindy Emefa Mensah & Edward B. Barbier, Environmental impacts on health, growth and inequality reduction, Sustainable Future Policy Lab: Analyses, 2022-002. https://sfplab.org/?p=1903 

 

  • Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award, 2021-2022, Department of Economics, Colorado State University
  • ODE Best Graduate Paper Award, 2020, Department of Economics, Colorado State University

$6000 from the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Helsinki, Finland in 2022

Courses

  • Introduction to Econometrics
  • Intermediate Macroeconomics
  • Introduction to Microeconomics
  • Introduction to Macroeconomics
  • Environmental Economics
  • Natural Resource Economics
  • Economic Development