DSEP
Thematic clusters

International Trade, Investment and Economic Integration

How trade policy, foreign investment and international capital movements affect African economies — trade liberalisation, tariff revenue, export performance, foreign direct investment, capital flight, international reserves and investment volatility, alongside Africa's economic integration and bilateral export potential.

Key topics

  • Trade openness and trade-policy reform
  • Foreign direct investment and domestic investment
  • International capital flows and capital flight
  • Export potential and trade gaps
  • Tariff revenue and import liberalisation
  • Exchange-rate volatility and investment
  • Globalisation, regional integration and shared prosperity
  • Trade misinvoicing and illicit financial flows

Contributing faculty

  • Prof. William Godfred Cantah

    Associate Professor of Economics; Head of Department

    Macroeconomics, monetary policy and applied policy modelling

  • Prof. Emmanuel Ekow Asmah

    Associate Professor of Economics; Vice Dean, School of Economics

    Development and health economics, CGE-based policy modelling

  • Prof. Ferdinand Ahiakpor

    Professor of Economics (currently on formal secondment)

    Labour and industrial economics, economic policy modelling

  • Prof. Mark Kojo Armah

    Associate Professor of Economics; inaugural Head of Department (2018–2020)

    Development economics, econometrics and macroeconomic modelling

  • Prof. William Gabriel Brafu-Insaidoo

    Associate Professor of Economics; former Head of Department

    Fiscal and monetary policy, international finance

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