Joevas Asare currently serves at the International Growth Centre as a Policy Economist and Thematic Lead for Energy and Environment research. He holds a master’s degree in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford, and a first class bachelor’s degree in Economics with Finance from the University of Surrey. Joevas’s focus has been development of Africa through economic research and policy advice. He served as a UK-sponsored ODI Fellow in Somaliland’s Ministry of National Planning and Development, and Zanzibar’s Ministry of Finance. He has also held economic research positions at the Commonwealth and African Development Bank, and has managed FCDO and DANIDA development programmes through Tetra Tech. Joevas’s current research interests are in energy and environment, with a focus on access to energy, mitigating negative effects of increased energy demand, and adaptation to climate change, with a focus on Africa.