Ernest aryeetey
- Ernest Aryeetey FGA is an Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana.
- Ernest Aryeetey FGA, is an Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research at the University of Ghana.
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Ernest Aryeetey
Professor Ernest Aryeetey, the incoming Vice-Chancellor of University of Ghana is a Professor of Economics. Prior to his appointment as Vice-Chancellor, he was a Senior Fellow and Director of the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. He was also Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana, Legon for the period February 2003 – January 2010. Professor Aryeetey was educated at Achimota School (1968-1973) and at the Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School, Legon (1973-1975).
He studied Economics with Statistics (1975-1978) at the University of Ghana and took a Masters degree in Regional Planning at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (1979-1981) and obtained a Doktor-Ingenieur at the University of Dortmund, Germany in 1985. Ernest Aryeetey’s area of specialisation is Development Economics. He was elected Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009.
After teaching on the Spring Programme at the University of Dortmund for a year, Ernest
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Ernest Aryeetey is the foundation Secretary-General of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), a network of 16 of Africa’s flagship universities. He is a Professor of Economics and former Vice Chancellor of University of Ghana (2010-2016). He was also previously Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at University of Ghana and the first Director of the Africa Growth Initiative of Brookings Institution, Washington D.C. Professor Ernest Aryeetey is a recipient of two Honorary degrees from University of Sussex (2017) and Lund University (2020).
He has held academic appointments at the School of Oriental and African Studies (London), Yale University and Swarthmore College in the U.S. at various points in time. Ernest Aryeetey was a member of the Governing Council of the United Nations University (May 2016 – May 2019) and was previously Chair of the Governing Board of UNU-World Institute for Development Economics Research (Helsinki). He was also a member of the Governing Board of the Centre for Development Research at University
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Ernest Aryeetey
Ernest Aryeetey is the secretary-general of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), a network of 16 of Africa’s flagship universities as well as a professor of economics and board chairman of the African Economic Research Consortium. He was, until recently, the board chairman of Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited and a member of the Governing Council of the United Nations University (2016-19).
Aryeetey is the former vice-chancellor of the University of Ghana (2010-16) and has previously held academic appointments at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Yale University and Swarthmore College. He was also and was formerly chairman of the Advisory Board of the UNU-World Institute for Development Economics Research. Additionally, he served as director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research at the University of Ghana (2003-10) and was the first director of the Africa Growth Initiative of Brookings Institution.
Born in Ghana, he holds a doctorate from the University of Dortmund and honorary degrees from the University of
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