ISSER has launched a new multi-million-dollar research initiative, the Retail Finance Distribution (ReFinD), focused on digital financial inclusion and improving access to financial services in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Milo Bianchi is Professor of Finance at the Toulouse School of Economics. His research interests include behavioral and household finance, financial development and entrepreneurship. His current research agenda focuses on the adoption and impact of fintech services on household welfare, with particular focus on behavioral aspects.
ISSER will on Tuesday, June 7, 2022 launch the Retail Financial Distribution Research (ReFinD) research initiative, a new multi-million dollar project focused on deepening digital financial inclusion and improving women’s access to financial services in low and middle-income countries.
The Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has issued a press release to announce The Retail Finance Distribution (ReFinD) Research Initiative. The press release, which was issued in April 2022, was carried by several Ghanaian media outlets.
Dr. David Sarfo Ameyaw, is currently the CEO/President of International Center for Evaluation and Development and Adjunct Scholar, ISSER, University of Ghana. A board member of both BASIS Assets and Market Access Innovation Board and ATAI.
He is a Human Geographer. Currently he is a Senior Research Fellow and the Head of Statistics and Survey Division at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana. He attained his PhD in Human Geography and MSc in Environmental Policy and Management from the University of Hull, UK, in 2007 and 2003 respectively.
Seth Garz manages the Research & Measurement portfolio for the Financial Services for the Poor strategy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where he works to support next generation development research to combat poverty. Seth holds a Ph.D. in Resource Economics from UC Berkeley and is actively engaged in research at the intersection of social protection programs, financial inclusion, and gender.
Vera Fiador is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Finance of the University of Ghana Business School and holds
Daniel Björkegren is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Brown University. He explores the opportunities generated by new technologies in low income countries, using digital data. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard University and a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of Washington
