Petrine Addae

Research Advisor
Ministry of Education, Ghana

Petrine Addae is a dynamic Economic Consultant with a strong background in Public Policy. She has worked on issues related to social and economic development. She is passionate about International Development with proficiency in problem solving, strategic thinking, negotiation and project management. 

Petrine started her career at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, where she collated and analysed Poverty Reduction Expenditure data to inform policy decision on social progress. She also joined the African Development Bank, as an Economic Consultant in Tanzania. Petrine has extensive social sector experience having managed African Women Advocacy Project (AWAP). As a Country Director of AWAP, she engaged in advocacy, promoted women empowerment and empowered the youth with skills to self-reliant. Recently, she was the Economic Planning Advisor to the Minister for Planning, where she provided technical advice on macroeconomic related issues. She is currently consulting as Research Advisor on the World Bank’s Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcome Project at the Ministry of Education in Ghana.

She has a Master in Public Administration in International Development from Harvard University and an MBA from INSEAD, France.

Research Advisor
Ministry of Education, Ghana

Petrine Addae is a dynamic Economic Consultant with a strong background in Public Policy. She has worked on issues related to social and economic development. She is passionate about International Development with proficiency in problem solving, strategic thinking, negotiation and project management. 

Petrine started her career at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, where she collated and analysed Poverty Reduction Expenditure data to inform policy decision on social progress. She also joined the African Development Bank, as an Economic Consultant in Tanzania. Petrine has extensive social sector experience having managed African Women Advocacy Project (AWAP). As a Country Director of AWAP, she engaged in advocacy, promoted women empowerment and empowered the youth with skills to self-reliant. Recently, she was the Economic Planning Advisor to the Minister for Planning, where she provided technical advice on macroeconomic related issues. She is currently consulting as Research Advisor on the World Bank’s Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcome Project at the Ministry of Education in Ghana.

She has a Master in Public Administration in International Development from Harvard University and an MBA from INSEAD, France.