Osei, Barfour
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Barfour Osei is Chief Research Economist in the Networking and Research Partnership Division (EDRE.2) of the Development Research Department (EDRE). He is a Development Economist by profession. He holds a Doctorate (Ph.D) in Economics from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Before joining the Bank Mr. Osei had accumulated over 20 years professional experience working in Universities, Research Institutions and the Public Sector of his home country, Ghana. He taught several courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level in Economics and Management at local Universities in Ghana and supervised several postgraduate theses. As part of his university teaching, he has held visiting professorship in a number of universities. Also, he has held several advisory and consulting positions with leading Institutions including the World Bank, IMF, UNIDO, OECD, European Commission, UK ODI and GTZ.
Research interests
He is interested in research in the following areas: Macroeconomic and Economic Growth issues, Public Sector Economics, International Finance and Development, Labour and Employment Issues in Africa.
Selected Publications
- ‘Human Resource Underutilization in an Era of poverty reduction: An Analysis of Unemployment and Underemployment in Ghana’, African Development Review, Vol.18 No. 2 August 2006 (with Harry Sackey).
- ‘How Aid Tying Can Impose Additional Cost on Aid Recipients’, African Development Review, Vol.17 No. 3 December 2005.
- The Cost of Aid Tying to Ghana, African Economic Research Consortium, Research Paper 144, Nairobi: Regal Press, October 2004.
- ‘Sub-Saharan Africa: Primary Commodity Exports and the Benefits of Trade’, Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 2 No.1, January 2001.
- ‘Ghana: The Burden of Debt Service Payment under Structural Adjustment’, in External Debt and Capital Flight in Sub-Saharan Africa, eds. Ajayi S. Ibi and Khan, Moshin S. International Monetary Fund (IMF), May 2000.
Our Researchers
- Anyanwu, John Chukwudi
- Arvanitis, Yannis
- Faye, Issa
- Gajigo, Ousman
- Kangoye, Thierry
- Krüger, Ralf
- Moummi, Ahmed
- Mthuli, Ncube
- Moyo, Jennifer Mbabazi
- Mutambatsere, Emelly
- Ndiaye, Guirane Samba
- Oduor, Jacob
- Ondiege, Peter
- Osei, Barfour
- Salami, Adeleke
- Triki, Thouraya
- Verdier-Chouchane, Audrey
- Yaméogo, Nadège Désirée
- 14/03/2013 - Will the CFA Franc have to be devaluated again?
- 28/02/2013 - Country Economic/Thematic Review Meeting: “Promoting Economic Reforms in Developing Countries: Rethinking Budgetary Aid?”
- 28/02/2013 - Promoting Economic Reforms in Developing Countries Rethinking Budgetary Aid?
- 26/02/2013 - US-Africa Trade Up More Than 500% But Many African Countries Losing Out, Washington-based Expert Tells AfDB Staff
- 19/02/2013 - The AfDB is Launching Africa’s Information Highway
- 14/02/2013 - AfDB 2013 Annual Meetings to debate Africa’s Structural Transformation
- 12/02/2013 - Diaspora Bonds in an African Context
- 06/12/2012 - Forum on Youth Unemployment Sets the Stage for 2012 Launch of the African Economic Outlook in Cairo
- 05/12/2012 - Atelier régional sur le gouvernement électronique pour les pays de la SADC à Maseru
- 03/12/2012 - Project Implementation Workshop Kicks Off in Khartoum, Sudan
