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Back to my first love, #Sociology! 🎓 Thank you International Sociological Association (ISA) and Daniel Kennedy Amoah for showing me the way. Isaac Awotwe Bondzie, thanks for the research assistance and co-authorship. Sammy Obeng, I’ll be coming for more briefing. Parliamentary Network Africa. #AffirmativeAction #BeijingDeclaration #WomenEmpowerment #WomenInPolitics

Congratulations to our senior fellow, Dr Crystal Letsa

🌍 #Stata #geoboundary version 1.2 is now out: ⭐ option geoframe added to directly convert layers into geoplot ready frames. ⭐ #WorldBank's official global ADM0 boundary version 3 (https://lnkd.in/d2kq3BCm) has now been added. Get it directly: geoboundary WLD, replace convert remove source(worldbank) geoframe ⭐ geoboundary meta, XXX updated to allow users to recover the backend meta information for the two global databases: #geoboundaries and #gadm, using specific or fuzzy searches. See screenshot below for recovering the ISO3 codes for World Bank's LAC region. ⭐ Several checks added to avoid random crashes. Better display of background processes. Other public global databases will be added soon. Installation and further info: https://lnkd.in/gs69phhi Up soon on SSC! #stata #maps #boundaries

We are happy to host Jeremiah Narteh Akuaku, an intern over the past 4 months. As part of our training programs, interns share their key experiences as a way to enable us to know how impactful the experience in our Lab has been. https://lnkd.in/g6C63cUY This is his internship report. https://lnkd.in/gkjiSbPV We wish him all the best as he returns to school. cc: Southern Handprint, AuthorAID Ghana Hub, Business and Economic Policy House, VIT Centre for TVET Policy and Education #internship #training #mentorship

I am just getting a start on my 2025 data update, but the first phase is getting equity risk premiums, by country. The S&P 500 starts the year with an equity risk premium of 4.33% (https://lnkd.in/gzurr6Bh), and the equity risk premiums for the rest of the world are in the picture below. Take with a grain of salt, since these premiums are computed using either sovereign ratings (for most countries) or country risk scores (for unrated countries). You can get the equity risk premiums, by country, from this spreadsheet: https://bit.ly/48RCEnr I will post more, as I dive into the company data next week.

Curious about the latest developments and discussions in economics? The American Economic Association is live-streaming and recording many interesting sessions of the 2025 ASSA Annual Meeting. The live-streams and recordings are open to all! A few highlights: AI and the Future of Work with a.o. Erik Brynjolfsson and John Horton Being Rational about Rational Expectations Emi Nakamura Frontiers for Analysis of Experiments with a.o. Susan Athey and Josh Angrist Economics in the Age of Algorithms Sendhil Mullainathan Inflation and the Macroeconomy with a.o. Jason Furman and John H. Cochrane Advice on Publishing in Economics with a.o. Nick Bloom and John List Investing in Children to Address the Youth Mental Health Crisis Janet Currie Is there a Core of Usable Macroeconomics We Should All Believe In? with a.o. Ayşegül Şahin and Marty Eichenbaum Check out the full program with dates and times and links here: https://lnkd.in/e8uUUepR

Happy Birthday to our senior research fellow, Dr Frank Boateng, PhD MPhil MBA CQRM ChPA FCMA CGMA CA CPA

Seasoned Greetings !!!

Ghana's financial sector needs help. Sustainable financial development is one of the key precursors of sustainable economic growth and development. However, an aggressive implementation of (mis)macroprudential policies that do not foster the inclusion of indigenous financial institutions at the forefront of the process may be delusional. Capitalization and recapitalization policy initiatives that obliviate local financial intermediaries will NEVER guarantee sustainable financial inclusion of the unbanned public and, therefore, pursuits of shared growth will remain a mirage. By extension, bearing in mind Mickinnon-Shaw's propositions, these policies are equivalent to financial repression. An overhaul of the financial sector is a case of emergency, along with minimal protectionist measures in favour of local financial institutions. As long as the measures guarantee sustainable financial deepening, shared growth and prosperity will likely be reaped.

Carbon markets present an opportunity for least developed countries (LDCs) to secure financing for climate resilience and sustainable growth. However, the challenge lies in ensuring equitable access to these revenues. Notably, six LDCs dominate voluntary and Clean Development Mechanism credits, accounting for a significant majority of these markets. #ClimateFinance #SustainableDevelopment #CarbonMarkets