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 Dr. Peter Quartey: PhD in Development Economics (Manchester, UK), MSc in Quantitative Development Economics (Warwick,UK), MPhil Economics (Ghana), BA Economics (Ghana). A Research Fellow, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana.
A Development Economist with specific interest in: Migration and Remittances, Poverty and Inequality, Monetary Economics, Private Sector Development, Development Finance. He has consulted on a number of projects some of which includes the Ghana National African Peer Review Mechanism on Socio-economic Development, UNDP report on Costing Ghana’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), The Ghana Millennium Challenge Account Baseline Survey, Monitoring and Evaluation of Ghana’s APRM Programme of Action. Membership African Economic Research Consortium, Global Development Network, GTAP Recent Awards British Academy Visiting Scholar Award (2006/7), IMF-AERC Visiting Scholar (2007) (a) Chapters in Books Quartey, P., 2008, Financial Sector Development, Domestic Resource Mobilization and Poverty Reduction in Ghana, in B. Guha-Khasnobis and G. Mavrotas (eds), Financial Development, Institutions, Growth and Poverty Reduction, Studies in Development Economics and Policy Series, Palgrave Macmillan, UK (in print) Quartey P and Blankson T., 2008, Low Savings in Ghana: Does Policy Matter? in Aryeetey and Kanbur (eds), The Economy of Ghana: Analytical Perspectives on Stability, Growth and Poverty, James Currey). Quartey, P., 2006, The Textile and Clothing Industry in Ghana, in Herbert Jauch and Rudolf Traub-Merz (eds), The Future of the Textile and Clothing Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa, Bub Bonner Universitats-Buckdruckerei, Germany, pp. 135-146 Osei, R., Quartey, P., Yeboah, K., 2005, `The State of Human Development in 2003’, in Sawyer A (eds), Breaking the HIV/AIDS Chain: A Human Development Challenge, Ghana Human Development Report 2004, UNDP-UNFPA, Buck Press Limited, Accra, Ghana, pp. 20-60 (b) Articles in refereed Journals Quartey P., and Prah, F., (2008), Financial Development and Economic Growth in Ghana: Is there a causal Link? African Finance Journal, Vol. 10 (1), Stellenbouch University, Tygervalley, South Africa (in print) Arthur, P., and Quartey, P., (2008), Can Aid be Used to Manage Migration?, Ghana Journal of Development Studies, UDS, Tamale Quartey P., and Gaddah, M., (2007), Long Run Determinants of Stock Market Development in Ghana, Journal of African Business, Georgia State University, USA, Vol. 8(2), pp. 105-125 Quartey P. (2007); Brain Drain and Inequality Across Nations: Comments, Revue d'économie du développement, Vol. 21 - 2007/2-3, pp. 86-96, Du Boeck Université, France Arthur, P., and Quartey, P., (2006), Good governance, the African Peer Review Mechanism and Socioeconomic Development: A Critical Review, Global Development Studies Journal, 4, Nos. 1 & 2, 2006, Maryland, Canada, pp. 201-227 Quartey, P., (2005), Innovative Ways of Making Aid Effective in Ghana: Tied Aid versus Direct Budgetary Support, Journal of International Development, Volume 17, Issue 18, pp 1077-1092. Quartey, P., (2002), `Financing Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Ghana', Journal of African Business, Vol. 4, New York, pp. 37-56 (c) Peer Reviewed Technical Reports Quartey, P., 2006, The Impact of Migrant Remittances on Household Welfare in Ghana: African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Research Paper No. 158, Nairobi, Kenya, 31 pages Quartey, P., 2006, Migrant Remittances and Household Welfare in times of Macro volatility: the case of Ghana, ISSER Technical Publication No. 69, ISSER, University of Ghana (d) Working Papers Quartey, P., 2005, Financial Sector Development, Domestic Resource Mobilization and Poverty Reduction in Ghana, WIDER Research Paper 2005/71, Helsinki, Finland Osei, R.D., and Quartey, P., 2005, Tax Reforms and Tax Administration in Ghana, WIDER Research Paper 2005/10, Helsinki, Finland Quartey, P., 2003, Government Regulations and Banking Sector Efficiency in Ghana, Institute of Economic Affairs Working Paper Series, July Quartey, P., 2003, Accountability within the National House of Chiefs: evidence from the Auditor General’s Reports 1994-97, Institute of Economic Affairs Working Paper Series, March Quartey, P., 2003, Regulation, Competition and SMEs in Developing Countries, Centre on Regulation and Competition Working Paper No. 10, IDPM, University of Manchester, UK, February Osei, R.D., and Quartey, P., 2001, `The HIPC Initiative and Debt Relief in Developing Countries: an assessment,’ UNU/WIDFER Working Paper No. 2001/119/6, Helsinki, August Kayanula, D., and Quartey, P., 2000, `The Policy Environment for Promoting Small and Medium Enterprises in Ghana and Malawi, IDPM (University of Manchester) Finance and Development Working Paper No. 15. (e) Book Reviews Sarpong D.B (1997), Growth in Ghana: A Macroeconomic Model Simulation Integrating Agriculture, Ashgate Publishing Limited. Edited by Fosu Yerfi. Hansman H (2001), The Ownership of Enterprise, Published in Progress in Development Studies, Vol 1(4), 352-354 (f) Consultancy Reports Cost of Petroleum Products in Social Livelihoods, in Socio-economic Impact of Petroleum Deregulation Policy in Ghana, prepared for the Ministry of Energy, Accra, December 2004 African Peer Review Mechanism: Assessment of Ghana’s Socio-economic Development 1994-2004, A Consultancy report prepared for the the National APRM Governing Council, January 2005 Promoting And Monitoring the MDGs in African Countries: Sub-Regional Report (Southern Africa), A report prepared for the NEPAD Secretariat, South Africa, April 2005 Millennium Development Goals: Ghana Needs Assessment, a report prepared for the UNDP, Accra, Ghana, December 2005 Promoting Development Oriented Financial System in Ghana, a report prepared for the African Research Consortium (AERC), April, 2006 Enhancing the Contribution of the Informal Sector to National Development in Ghana a report prepared for the African Research Consortium (AERC), April, 2006 ISSER-USAID Land Policy Reform Project on, `The Inter-Relationship between Land Ownership, Access to Finance, and Product Markets in Ghana, Final Report Submitted in February, 2007 Oxford Policy Management/World Bank/ISSER, Ghana Ministry of Health Study on Motivation, Career Choices and Migration of Health Workers, June-July 2007 JBIC Institute, Japan, Aid Effectiveness in Infrastructure Development in Ghana, Jan. 2007 – March 2008 |