About

Rosina Foli is a senior lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana. She has a doctorate in Public Policy from the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan. She has teaching and research experiences in public policy analysis, political institutions, policymaking, developing country studies and global governance. Her research interests include social policy, governance and poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa and transnational policy processes. Her work has appeared in Global Social Policy, Policy and Society, and Poverty and Public Policy.

Education

• PhD in Public Policy - University of Saskatchewan, Canada
• MPhil in Political Science - University of Ghana, Ghana
• BA in Political Science - University of Ghana, Ghana

Research Interest

Exploring the external impact in the process of social policymaking in Africa.
• Socio-Political demands and voting patterns (studying Ghana’s 2020 election)
• Inequality and COVID in sub-Saharan Africa
• Policymaking under Rawlings and its implication for current policy processes.
• Research interests: Social policy, governance, and poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa; and Global policymaking and governance.

Selected Publications

• Book chapters
• Foli, R. & Ohemeng F. L. K. (2021). The Role and Impact of International Bureaucrats in Policymaking in Africa. In Gedion Onyango, Routledge Handbook of Public Policy in Africa. (Forthcoming)
• Foli, R. (2019). Transnational Actors and Policymaking in Ghana. In J. R. Ayee, Politics, Governance and Development in Ghana (pp. 99 - 122). Lexington Books.
• Journals Articles
• Béland, D., Foli, R., & Kpessa-Whyte, M. (2018). Social Policy as Nation-building: Identity Formation, Policy Feedback, and Social Citizenship in Ghana. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des études Africaines, 52(1), 19 - 36.
• Béland, D., Foli, R., Howlett, M., Ramesh, M., & Woo, J. J. (2018). Instrument Constituencies and Transnational Policy Diffusion: The Case of Conditional Cash Transfers. Review of International Political Economy, 25(4), 463-482.
• Foli, R. (2016). Transnational Actors and Policymaking in Ghana: The case of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty. Global Social Policy, 16(3), 268-286.
• Foli, R., & Béland, D. (2014). International Organizations and Ideas about Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. Poverty and Public Policy, 6(1), 3-23.
• Foli, R., Béland, D., & Fenwick, T. B. (2018). How Instrument Constituencies Shape Policy Transfer: A Case Study from Ghana. Policy and Society, 37(1), 108 - 124. doi:10.1080/14494035.2017.1377987
• Foli, R. (2016). Review of Nicola Yeates (ed.), Understanding Global Social Policy. Journal of Social Policy, 45(4), 765-766.
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