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A few economists from Ghana

Some Ghanaian economists got together at the 2019 CSAE Conference on Economic Development in Africa. Most of us are interested in sharing our expertise, particularly as it relates to economics research in Ghana. Below is a collection of CVs and websites for reference. For any questions or queries: this list is currently loosely maintained by Amma Panin

Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah

PhD in Economics 2017, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Edward Asiedu

Lecturer, University of Ghana Business School

PhD Economics, 2014. University of Göttingen

Elvis Avenyo

PhD Economics 2018, United Nations University (UNU) – MERIT/Maastricht University

Dominic Boateng-Gyambiby

Phd Agricultural Extension (expected 2019). University of Cape Coast

Raymond Boadi Frempong

PhD Economics, 2019, University of Bayreuth

Edward Martey

PhD Candidate, Agricultural and Applied Economics (expected 2019), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Kwadwo Opoku

PhD Public Economics 2018, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan

PhD Economics 2018, Berlin Doctoral Program in Economics and Management Science

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Coach Isaac 'Opeele' Boateng has criticized veteran journalist Kwesi Pratt Jr. over his remarks about Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. In a GhanaWeb publication, Kwesi Pratt Jr. claimed that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer would not have become vice president if the party had spent time analyzing Dr. Bawumia's doctoral thesis. The veteran journalist expressed that after reading the vice president's thesis, he fully understood why Ghana's economy is in a difficult situation. "This president was honest with us. He admitted that he cannot manage the economy and that's why he brought Dr. Bawumia on board, believing he had found the 'wiz kid.' Perhaps if they had read the thesis Dr. Bawumia presented for his doctorate, they might have hesitated in accepting the president's honesty. "I have taken the trouble to read the thesis. When I read it, I had no doubts about why we are in this mess," said Kwesi Pratt Jr. Responding to these comments, Coach Opeele questioned Kwesi Pratt's academic qualifications to critique an economics doctoral thesis. Coach Opeele stressed that the veteran journalist's comments were disrespectful to the NPP presidential candidate and all doctorate holders in the country. "This made me understand why someone would just wake up and say a Dutch passport is better than a PhD. Because, on what academic grounds did Kwesi Pratt understand the economics doctoral thesis? This comment is a total disrespect to PhD holders," Opeele wrote on X. JNA/EK

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URI Graduate School of Oceanography’s Melissa Omand to receive funding for Ocean Margins Initiative in Ghana

 June 27, 2024 

A team led by the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography , Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the University of Ghana has been selected to initiate a project through the Ocean Biogeochemistry Virtual Institute (OBVI) funded by Schmidt Sciences . The project, known as the Ocean Margins Initiative, is one of five selected projects aimed at addressing gaps in ocean data and modeling efforts by enhancing the breadth of research in the field and expanding capacity to understand ocean resources.

Understanding coastal margins

Coastal margins—the nexus between land and ocean, which encompasses areas such as gulfs—are the ocean’s most biologically productive regions but are difficult to represent in the global models that help us predict climate change. To improve global carbon cycle projections, the Initiative will include developing an observation and modeling system for the Gulf of Guinea. The system will capture how coastal upwelling—the climate-regulating, marine-life-supporting movement of deep ocean water toward the surface—affects the ocean overall.

“With researchers in Ghana and throughout the U.S., we are combining sea-going field work and earth system models to predict the flow of ocean carbon from the West African coast to the open ocean,” says GSO Associate Professor Melissa Omand , lead of the Oceans Margins Initiative. “Our intensive sampling will occur each summer during seasonal nutrient upwelling, and then field work will persist through the year led by the students and staff who receive training at the summer school in Nigeria and Ghana.

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The project will evaluate the impact of local and basin-scale ocean processes on the coastal zone and communities in West Africa. Omand adds, “The Gulf of Guinea is a really interesting place because like many other coastlines, it is highly productive. However, the physical dynamics that bring nutrients to the surface are pretty different. We don’t yet fully understand all the drivers, but we think nutrients are delivered by a combination of deep internal waves that travel across the entire Atlantic basin and interact with local processes.”

The science team is studying how these physical forces combine to enhance phytoplankton blooms, and transport the organic carbon made by the bloom offshore where it may be sequestered in the abyss or recycled near the surface and released back into the atmosphere. Ghanaian fishermen and the public will be engaged throughout the project to ensure the findings are of practical use to local communities.

The Oceans Margin Initiative will also support Coastal Ocean Environment Summer School In Nigeria and Ghana , which attracts approximately 100 students from across Africa annually. Over the years, the school has provided hands-on, experiential learning to smaller student teams, which are trained to use various observational and modeling tools based on their interests. The URI team will be working with students on-site to build affordable, open source tools for observing ocean carbon. The floats – designed in Omand’s lab at the Graduate School of Oceanography  – are made from ocean-degradable plastics that fully break down in seawater if lost or unrecoverable.

With the opportunity for sustained fieldwork and persistent engagement from the science team, many University of Ghana students are expected to complete Master’s and Ph.D. degrees through their involvement with the project.

GSO’s legacy of sustainable work in Ghana

This initiative builds on a legacy of work in Ghana from GSO and its affiliates. In 2014, USAID awarded the URI Coastal Resources Center a five-year cooperative agreement to lead the Sustainable Fisheries Management Project to rebuild marine fisheries stocks and catches through the adoption of responsible fishing practices. In response to COVID-19, the project was extended through 2021 to implement activities that prevented the spread of the virus and mitigated its economic effects on vulnerable households in fishing communities in Ghana.

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Omand’s research with the Ocean Margins Initiative will contribute to a global research network that addresses critical questions about ocean carbon sequestration and the resilience of marine ecosystems. The teams from the five selected projects will collaborate to provide clarity on how much carbon dioxide the ocean can hold and how marine ecosystems can withstand a rapidly warming world. OBVI has committed $45 million to fund the research over the next five years, with additional support from Schmidt Sciences and access to the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) .

“Climate research is one of Schmidt Sciences’ priority areas, and we are pleased to launch OBVI as part of a series of globally connected climate programs focused on advancing fundamental science to understand the implications of climate change and mitigation strategies,” says Stu Feldman, president of Schmidt Sciences. “OBVI will address fundamental questions about specific mechanisms and regional processes. More broadly, it will fill a need in the ocean sciences for model refinement and integration looking across systems, scales, and habitats.”

This story was written by Mackensie duPont Crowley , digital communications coordinator with URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography.

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UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

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The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is the UN agency mandated to accelerate progress on gender equality and address the needs of women worldwide. UN Women supports Member States in setting and implementing global standards for achieving gender equality and coordinates gender-related work within the United Nations. UN Women's Strategic Plan focuses on four thematic outcomes: promoting women's leadership; women's economic empowerment; women's engagement in peace, security and humanitarian action; and ending violence against women and girls. In parallel with these four thematic results, to address the root causes of gender inequality, UN Women, in collaboration with other actors, contributes to seven systemic results, including: strengthening global normative frameworks and gender-responsive laws, policies and institutions; financing the promotion of gender equality; women's equitable access to services, goods and resources; and the production, analysis and use of gender statistics, sex-disaggregated data and knowledge.

In the area of women's economic empowerment, UN Women works to promote the economic advancement of women so that they enjoy income security, decent work and economic autonomy. In particular, UN Women partners with a wide range of stakeholders, including governments, the United Nations system, civil society, women's and youth organizations and the private sector in : promoting  (i) women's access to jobs and finance in the green and blue economy; (ii) women's entrepreneurship and public procurement opportunities for women-led businesses; (iii) improving women's income security and social protection and (iv) formulating and implementing gender-responsiveeconomic policies.

The new Women’s Economic Empowerment Strategy launched in 2024 articulates UN Women’s vision for enabling women’s economic agency, autonomy and well-being. Anchored in UN Women’s Strategic Plan 2022–2025 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, its objective is to provide a framework that galvanizes internal and external stakeholders to work together at the local, national and global level through transformative solutions that improve the lives of women and girls with no one left behind. It identifies three key priority areas, or Gender Equality Accelerators (GEAs), where UN Women can make the most progress: (i) women and the world of work, (ii) gender-responsive climate action and (iii) transforming care systems.

UN Women’s work on the Care Economy in West and Central Africa

According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), by 2030, an estimated 2.3 billion people will require care, including children, individuals with disabilities, and the elderly. In Sub-Sahara Africa, women spend on average 3.5 times more on unpaid care and domestic work per day than men. Unpaid care work is essential for vibrant and sustainable economies and societies. However, in West and Central Africa (WCA), the unequal distribution of unpaid care work where limited infrastructure, particularly in rural areas, and rigid social norms, aggravates inequalities between men and women in time spent conducting care work.

Unpaid care work limits participation in the workforce, especially for mothers. Around the world, 606 million women of working age have stated they cannot hold employment due to unpaid care work, while only 41 million men are inactive for the same reason. When we compare the employment-to-population ratio of mothers to fathers of children (aged 0–5) on the African continent, we see that 59.4 percent of women are employed, versus 81.3 percent of men. The time spent by women on domestic and care tasks is one of the most important constraints they face in running their businesses or advancing in their professional careers as employees, thereby holding back their economic empowerment.

Convinced that women's economic empowerment ultimately depends on the amount of unpaid care work borne by women, UN Women catalyzes efforts to recognize, reduce and redistribute unpaid care work to address structural barriers to women's full and equal participation in the economy. To this end, UN Women identifies strategic entry points for policies and programs, as well as the tools needed to transform the care economy to promote women's economic empowerment and gender equality.

To help inform policymaking to address the issue of unpaid care work and the care economy in general, the UN Women West and Central Africa Regional Office is launching the first-ever Care Factsheets .

The Care Factsheets are the most comprehensive assessment of the state of women’s unpaid care work and the care economy in selected WCA countries. It will provide an overview of the various policies implemented by governments to recognize, reduce, and redistribute it (reforms, service, infrastructure, investments...), make the business, economic, and social case for investing in the care economy, and offer action-oriented recommendations for policymakers, researchers, civil society and other stakeholders.

The Care Factsheets will guide UN Women and its partners in assisting policymakers in developing high-quality, sustainable care policies, services, and innovative solutions to maximize efforts to boost women’s economic empowerment and foster inclusive growth.

Duties and Responsibilities

Description of Responsibilities/Scope of Work

Scope of the tasks

The consultant(s) shall deliver the following services:

• Develop 3 country care factsheets for Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria using:
•  The thematic scope is detailed in the attached methodological concept note. The consultants shall follow the outline proposed in the scope.
• Data collection phase:
• Desk review of listed documentation and secondary data
• Interview with key stakeholders working on the care economy in each country, including national economists at the Country Offices implicated in the research (National economists in place in Liberia, Nigeria, and Regional Office)
• Data analysis, reporting, writing:
• The consultants will gain support from the technical expertise of the UN Women Regional Office WEE Unit (leading the work on care in the region), the Regional Office Gender Statistics Unit (for data on gender statistics) and the national economists at the Country offices

Deliverables and duration of the assignment

The work is expected to start 15 June 2024 and be finalized by 31 December 2024. The expected amount of time on this assignment is 30 days, with the majority of the work taking place in June and July.

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

This is a home-based consultancy. Meetings for this assignment will take place online.  The consultant may travel for project-related restitution workshops. Costs of project-related travel will be covered by UN Women.

Competencies

Core Values: 

• Respect for Diversity 
• Integrity 
• Professionalism 

Core Competencies: 

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues 
• Accountability 
• Creative Problem Solving 
• Effective Communication 
• Inclusive Collaboration 
• Stakeholder Engagement 
• Leading by Example 

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:  

https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/application-process#_Values  

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES: 

• Strong analytical skills on gender and economic policy and women's economic empowerment;
• Strong communication skills in English.
• Strong writing skills and ability to produce a variety of knowledge products for different audiences and objectives.
• Ability to produce impactful communication materials and knowledge products.
• Strong commitment to knowledge sharing, stakeholder engagement, and partnerships building in a multicultural environment.

Required Skills and Experience

Education and Certification:

• Master in international development, statistics, economics, social sciences, gender studies, or related field
• PhD in similar fields is an asset

Experience:

• Proven experience of at least 7 years in qualitative and/or quantitative research and gender policy analysis in the areas of social protection, unpaid care work, employment, and women's economic empowerment.
• Experience conducting similar assignments on care economy and women’s unpaid care work and their link to women's economic empowerment
• Experience conducting similar assignments in West and Central Africa or sub-Saharan Africa
• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of French is an asset.

How to Apply 

• Personal CV or P11 (P11 can be downloaded from: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc )
• A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page)
• Previous reports, presentations, publications, guidance notes and/or policy briefs that the consultant has produced on the topic of the care economy, social protection or women economic empowerment.

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

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Latest Development: On June 18, Ghana Statistical Service published Q1 2024 data, showing that real economic growth accelerated to 4.7% y-o-y—from 3.8% in Q4 2023—marking the fastest expansion in over two years ( see chart below, left ). The acceleration was primarily driven by solid growth of 6.8% in the industrial sector ( see chart below, right ), buoyed by increased output in mining & quarrying and oil & gas operations. From an expenditure perspective, economic growth was primarily driven by a 13.8% expansion in fixed investment and healthy growth of 11.2% in private consumption. 

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