Professor Robert Darko Osei

Professor Robert Darko Osei is the Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Legon; and also the Director of ACEIR’s Ghana node based at ISSER. He was, until July 2025, the Vice-Dean for the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Ghana. His main areas of research include evaluative poverty and rural research, macro and micro implications of fiscal policies, aid effectiveness, and other economic development policy concerns. His research projects have been located in Ghana, Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali. He serves on several boards nationally and international and is a member of the President’s Fiscal Responsibility Advisory Council in Ghana.