Peter Quartey
{{Short description|Ghanaian development economist}}
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Peter Quartey is a Ghanaian economist. He is a professor of development economics and has been director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research of the University of Ghana since August 2019.{{cite web | url =https://www.myjoyonline.com/prof-peter-quartey-appointed-head-of-isser/ | title =Prof Peter Quartey appointed head of ISSER| date = 1 August 2019| website = myjoyonline.com
| title =Professor Peter Quartey assumes office as new ISSER Director| last = Duncan| first = Jude| date = 1 August 2019| website=citinewsroom.com}}
Early life and education
Peter Quartey was born in Accra. He attended Wesley Grammar School and Accra Academy.{{cite web| url =https://citifmonline.com/2018/03/accra-academy-marks-87th-anniversary-with-speech-prize-giving-day/| title = Accra Academy marks 87th Anniversary with Speech & Prize Giving Day | last = Ziwu | first = Ann-Shirley| website =citifmonline.com | date = 13 March 2018 }} Quartey received a B.A. and MPhil in economics from the University of Ghana in 1994 and 1996, respectively. Under an ODA Scholarship in 1996, Quartey moved to the University of Warwick to obtain a master's degree in Quantitative Development Economics. From 1998 to 2002, Quartey was enrolled at the University of Manchester for his doctorate degree in Development Economics.{{cite web
| url =https://www.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/study/phd-opportunities/alumni/peter-quartey/| title = Alumni - Peter Quartey| website =gdi.manchester.ac.uk| publisher = Global Development Institute}}
Career
In 2003, he returned to Ghana and joined the Institute of Economic Affairs and later the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana in 2004 as a research fellow. He was promoted to senior research fellow in 2008, to associate professor in May 2011 and professor in January 2016. Peter Quartey is currently a professor at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), the head of the Department of Economics and director of the Economic Policy Management Programme of the University of Ghana.{{cite web
| url =http://orid.ug.edu.gh/prof-peter-quartey|title =Development Financing in Africa: Is Ghana on the Path to HIPC?
| last = Quartey| first =Peter| website =orid.ug.edu.gh| publisher = University of Ghana}}{{cite web
| url =https://isser.ug.edu.gh/people/prof-peter-quartey| title = Prof. Peter Quartey| website =isser.ug.edu.gh| publisher = Institute of Statistical, Social And Economic Research}}
Research
His research interests include private sector development, development finance, monetary economics, migration and remittances, and poverty analysis.{{cite web
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