Yaw Nyarko Presents Technology and Commodities Research at the Sustainable Development Goals Conference
12/11/2017 | by Yaw Nyarko
December 11-12, 2017
In Conversation with President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Dr. Benedict O. Oramah
10/10/2017 | by Yaw Nyarko
October 10, 2017
Yaw Nyarko Hosts Commodities Exchange Program and Business Roundtable in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, UAE
10/01/2017 | by Yaw Nyarko
October-November 2017
Yaw Nyarko Hosts Presidential Town Hall with Ghana’s President H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo
06/09/2017 | by Yaw Nyarko
June 9, 2017
With the theme “Sustainable Cities and Structural Transformation,” Yaw Nyarko Hosts the African Development Bank Presentation of the 2016 “African Economic Outlook” Report
09/30/2016 | by Yaw Nyarko
September 30, 2016
Yaw Nyarko Moderates the “Namibia Commerce and Prosperity Forum”
09/22/2016 | by Yaw Nyarko
September 22, 2016
Inauguration of the Kumawu Palace Museum with Barima Sarfo Tweneboa Kodua (Kumawumanhene) and Ghana Minister of Culture, Tourism and Creative Arts, Hon. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare
12/21/2015 | by Yaw Nyarko
December 21, 2015
Anybody with $20M to spare – to end Ebola in West Africa in 2 weeks?
09/01/2014 | by Yaw Nyarko
In a perfect world, the Ebola virus raging in 3 countries in West Africa could be contained in a few days and ended in 2 weeks…
Global Labor Markets: Archive
08/13/2014 | by Global Labor Markets
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On My Way to Abu Dhabi
02/21/2014 | by Yaw Nyarko
I am on my way to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE – the United Arab Emirates. Earlier today in New York I spoke to a Nigerian worker at a bank who thought Dubai was a country and Abu Dhabi its capital…
Ghana's Currency Tumbles
02/14/2014 | by Yaw Nyarko
The value of the Ghanaian cedi has taken a somewhat big hit recently, measuring a decline of 8% against the dollar in January, and continuing in its downward trend with a 1.2 percentage point decline in the past several days…
No Roads, No Votes
02/01/2014 | by Yaw Nyarko
Without a doubt, the people in developing countries are right in emphasizing the importance of roads. It is for many villages, the very definition of modernity…
A Talk With Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse
05/31/2013 | by Yaw Nyarko
My good friend and colleague gave a great talk the other day. It was on aspirations…
Our CTED operations Ghana
02/21/2013 | by Yaw Nyarko
I am just leaving Ghana to New York. We just opened in Accra a building next to the NYU in Accra campus which we will use as the Ghana office of our Center for Technology and Economic Development…
Live from the WEF Today
01/23/2013 | by Yaw Nyarko
I watched a live session of the World Economic Forum today – no I am not in Davos but watching this from computer in freezing New York…
Former Chairman of Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption Efforts makes Headlines with New Report; Current Chairman Speaks at NYU Today
10/24/2012 | by Yaw Nyarko
The Financial Times has just leaked word on a report by Nuhu Ribadu, former head of Nigeria’s anti-corruption efforts, on the effect of corruption in the Nigerian oil industry…
Is There a Separate Economics for Africa?
08/08/2012 | by Yaw Nyarko
On my mind today, perhaps because I am doing some proposal writing, is something that has been nagging me for years, and perhaps explains a lot of the economics I do. Is there a separate economic theory for poor, different from the rich?
Congratulations to Tom Sargent
01/20/2012 | by Yaw Nyarko
I just came back from the New York University dinner gala celebration for Tom Sargent in recognition of his award of the Nobel Prize…
Ivory Coast: The Contrarian View
12/19/2011 | by Yaw Nyarko
Almost every international body has condemned the incumbent and presumed loser of the recent Ivory Coast election: the African Union, the Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS), the UN, many African countries, etc…
Dance, Laugh, Drink. Save the Date: It’s a Ghanaian Funeral.
04/13/2011 | by Yaw Nyarko