Gbensuglo Alidu Bukari (PhD) is a development practitioner and political economist. His currently a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa, University of Ghana. He is also a part-time lecturer, at the University of Education, Winneba-Techiman Campus. His areas of research span the fields of political economy, development studies, and governance and democratic studies. His research interests include political economy of elections, political economy of development, development economics, governance of development, political science research methods, politics, elections, political participation, economic policy analysis and public policy analysis.