This is a three-year $450,000 research project, led from ISSER, to test a package of training and financing for women shea producers in Northern Ghana. This project, supported by USAID under its Feed the Future Advancing Local Leadership, Innovation and Networks (ALL-IN) program, seeks to increase the shea sector’s overall profitability while empowering women to receive the full benefits of their work.
This is a three-year $449,833 research project led from ISSER that uses communications by cell phone to strengthen nutrition among young children in Northern Ghana. The project, supported by USAID under its Feed the Future Advancing Local Leadership, Innovation and Networks (ALL-IN) program, is testing whether this approach reinforces the Resiliency in Northern Ghana Project (RING), a prominent USAID program focused on nutrition and resilience.
The Ghana inception was held on 21 February, involving representatives from key local and international institutions operating in various agricultural commodity value chains across the country.
Stakeholders from diverse public and private organizations attended the workshop, fostering inclusive and insightful discussions.
Despite its proven benefits, take-up and continued usage of digital financial services (DFS) lags in many low- and middle-income countries. Though this challenge is multifaceted, the cost of using DFS, particularly mobile money, is a key barrier. Despite its importance, little has been done to systematically measure and monitor the true costs consumers face when conducting DFS transactions, including official fees, extra informal charges, and non-monetary costs such as failed transactions.
The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) in collaboration with the School of Graduate Studies, University of Ghana, universities of Lund, Gothenburg and Uppsala is organizing a ‘Methodology and Field Studies in Development Research School’ for doctoral researchers in Ghana. The research school deals with sustainable development and poverty reduction in low-income countries, with a particular focus on governance, power, and inequality.
Prof. Peter Quartey and MTN Group’s Mr. Ebenezer Asante foster an enriching dialogue on the economic impact of MTN in Africa and potential collaborative opportunities with academia, moderated by ReFinD Project Director Adadzewa Otoo.
The Teacher Capacity Building for Play-based Early Learning in Ghana and Sierra Leone project has unveiled key outputs shedding light on the state of early childhood education in Ghana. The initial outputs, comprising two policy briefs and a comprehensive quantitative study report also share evidence-backed recommendations for enhancing the effectiveness and outcomes of play-based learning (PBL).
