Thelma Obiakor
Research Fellow, Center for the Studies of the Economies of Africa
Thelma Obiakor

Thelma Obiakor is a Research Fellow at CSEA. She also works as an evaluator in the fields of Economics, Education, and Finance, with a critical lens on inclusive development. Her work is situated in the nexus between research, evaluation, policy and practice. She supports international donor organizations and government agencies in gathering evidence and collecting data to inform decision making and conducts rigorous results-based evaluations to measure the impact of their work. She also offers training in Results-Based Management (RBM), including Monitoring and Evaluation, and has developed and deployed several online and offline RBM systems for NGOs in Africa. She received her Master of Philosophy degree in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge, and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of British Columbia.