UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER)
Peter Quartey
Peter Quartey is a Professor of Economics with more than 18 years expertise, mainly in development finance, private sector development, monetary and financial sector development with senior-level roles at practitioner, policy and consulting services. He holds a PhD in Development Economics from the University of Manchester (UK) and MSc in Quantitative Development Economics from the University of Warwick (UK). He also holds a Master of Philosophy and a Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Economics from the University of Ghana. He has enormous experience in strategic management and currently serves as a Board Member of Agricultural Development Bank, and currently the Vice Board Chairman, The Hunger Project (Ghana). He is also a Board Member and Finance Chair of the Regional Network of Agricultural Research Institutes (ReNAPRI). He is currently the Executive Director of Startrite Montessori School Ltd and the Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana. He has held other positions such as: Head, Department of Economics (University of Ghana), Deputy Director, Centre for Migration Studies (University of Ghana), Board Chairman, University of Ghana Credit Union, Board Member of National Population Council. He is a member of African Economic Research Consortium and the Canadian Economics Association. He has held Visiting Scholar positions at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC in the US and the Brookings Institution, African Growth Centre, Washington USA as well as Keele University (UK). He is an astute academic with very high citation index associated with high media engagement and very active involvement in national discourse.
Cynthia Addoquaye-Tagoe
Dr. Cynthia Addoquaye Tagoe is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana, Legon. Her research interests and experience are in migration, decentralisation, participatory approaches to governance, institutions and gender issues.
Ralph Armah
Ralph N.A. Armah is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana. His research interests are in development economics, food security and food safety, with associated interests in conducting field experiments to better understand behavioral biases in technology adoption. Ralph studied at the University of Ghana, North Carolina State University, and Kansas State University where he was a scholar of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab on the Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss. Prior to commencing his doctoral studies, he was an Assistant Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Policy Studies, University of Ghana.
Aba Obrumah Crentsil
Aba Obrumah Crentsil is a Senior Research Fellow with the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economics Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana. Her research focuses on the interactions between populations and their environments, energy policy and planning, urban planning, low carbon and green cities and migration and development. She holds a PhD in Development Studies from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. She is also a 2020 fellow of the Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) at the University of Ghana.