Around the world, the COVID-19 crisis is being used by states as an opportunity to reassess sectoral vulnerabilities with the view to transform economies for the better. Conscious of the central role of  research knowledge and insights in fostering development success, and the need to project an objective voice that counters the likely influence of politically-motivated promises that characterise electoral periods ( as Ghana gears up for elections in December), ISSER organised a panel discussion on a theme of high importance to Ghana’s development  --  agriculture.

ISSER Director, Prof Peter Quartey spoke to the Business and Financial Times for an article on the impact of coronavirus on Ghana’s manufacturing sector.

In the article published on 28 September 2020, Prof Quartey said the manufacturing sector was not spared the ravages of the coronavirus; new data showed the sector has experienced its biggest contraction in more than six years.

On 8 August, Prof Peter Quartey (Director, ISSER) and Prof Robert Darko Osei (Associate Professor, ISSER) gave presentations at the Ghana Priorities Eminent Panel Conference in Accra.  The conference is part of the "Ghana Priorities" project, an initiative being spearheaded by the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), in collaboration with the Copenhagen Consensus Centre, an award-winning international think tank.