Prof. Isaac Osei-Akoto is an Associate Professor of Economics with ISSER and a Senior Measurement, Learning and Evaluation Advisor at ISSER. He has a PhD in Development Economics and has played key roles in conducting a number of policy focused research on poverty, inequalities and related issues within the West African sub-region. His research work has had significant impact on the following: health insurance, crop insurance, gender implications of indirect taxes, child labour in the cocoa growing areas of Ghana, formal savings and financial literacy for children in pre-tertiary schools, and social protection.
State-run cash transfers and other social protection programs are becoming increasingly prominent in low-and middle-income countries, and they generate significant effects on individuals and families particularly those in very poor and vulnerable communities. We will use existing micro-economic data to discuss some of the under-researched issues in this area, including the role of politics, displacement effects on traditional support systems and how the programs affect women’s domestic workloads and stress in Ghana.
Research Areas:
- Development Economics
- Design and Analysis of socio-economic surveys
- Financing and behavioural issues on health care
- Economic valuation of policy interventions in social services
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