Ernest Aryeetey

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Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative
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Ernest Aryeetey is a nonresident senior fellow with the Africa Growth Initiative. He is a development economist from ISSER, University of Ghana who works primarily on economic growth in Africa, aid effectiveness, financial systems, poverty and small enterprise development. | View Full Bio

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Contact

Email Ernest Aryeetey

202.797.6105 — Brookings Office of Communications

Resources

Expertise

  • Economic growth and poverty
  • fiscal decentralization
  • financial systems development
  • aid and economic development
  • regional integration

Experience

Current Positions

  • Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana, Legon
  • Member of the Programme Committee and Resource Person of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) 

Past Positions

  • Temporary Lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (1993)
  • Visiting Professor at Yale University Department of Economics (1999)
  • Cornell Visiting Professor, Department of Economics at Swarthmore College (2001-2002)

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Dortmund, Germany (1985)
  • B.A. in Economics, University of Ghana (1978)

Language Fluency

  • German

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