The State of the Ghanaian Economy Report (SGER) 2020, the 30th edition, has been launched. The Report was launched at a colourful event held on 2nd November at the ISSER Conference Facility under the chairmanship of Mr. Kwamina Asomaning, Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank Ghana.

“We must congratulate ourselves for consistently producing this report for 30 years,” ISSER Director Prof Peter Quartey said as he acknowledged the authors, past and present, for their hard work.

Dr. Simon Bawakyillenuo and Dr Aba Crentsil of ISSER have co-authored a new policy brief: “Greening the COVID-19 Recovery in Ghana: Electricity investment needs to meet the GH-NDC targets”.

The Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) is set to host the 8th annual conference of the Regional Network of Agricultural Research Institutes (ReNAPRI) from 17th – 19 November 2021 at the ISSER Conference Facility.

Participants in a group photo after the workshop

A new study, “Language, livelihoods and well-being in multilingual countries: Evidence from Ghana” has identified language skills and multilingualism as important attributes that have implications for key socio-economic and health outcomes of people in Ghana.

Dr Simon Bawakyillenuo and Dr Aba Crentsil of ISSER have co-authored a new policy brief: “Greening Ghana’s Post-COVID-19 Recovery: Analysing the pre-pandemic policy architecture and critical options”.

Participants in a group photo. Joining them is Dr. Michael Kodom (6th from left) of ISSER, one of the facilitators for Week One

The Data Management and Analysis Short Course 2021 started this week with over 60 participants, underscoring the time-held appreciation – among individuals and organisations – for the ISSER Professional Short Courses Programme.