“Industries without Smokestacks (IWOSS) in Africa - Ghana Country Case Study” – Researchers Share Findings
ACCRA, 20 January, 2021 – A new study by a team of Ghanaian economists in collaboration with the Brookings Institution has identified agro-processing and tourism as two of the sectors that could be relied on to potentially address Ghana’s youth unemployment challenge and enhance competitiveness and productivity of small and medium-sized firms.
The team comprised Prof Ernest Aryeetey, Africa Research Universities Alliance (ARUA); Dr Priscilla Twumasi Baffour and Dr Ebo Turkson, both of the Department of Economics, University of Ghana.
Review of 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government: ISSER makes bold recommendations
Prof. Quartey grants media interviews.
The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) on Monday, 29th November, 2021 invited the media for a review of the 2022 budget statement and economic policy of the government.
The presentation on the 2022 budget statement and economic policy review was delivered, on behalf of the Economics Division of ISSER, by Director, Prof. Peter Quartey, alongside Research Fellow, Dr. Andrew Agyei-Holmes who shared some reflections on the real sectors, namely the agricultural, industrial and services sectors.
ISSER hosts 8th Annual ReNAPRI Stakeholders Conference
Rich Ghanaian culture on display at the conference
The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) is known for organising successful and crowd-drawing events. This reputation was taken a notch higher recently with the 8th annual conference of the Regional Network of Agricultural Research Institutes (ReNAPRI) which was co-organised and hosted by ISSER.
Panel Discussion: Boosting Agricultural Value Chains in the midst of COVID-19 and Political Party Manifestos
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.
