Camara K. Obeng obtained his PhD in Economics from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, in 2010 where he has taught since 2001. He was a Global Academic Partnership (GAP) scholar at the University of South Florida, USA in 2010 and AERC/IMF visiting Scholar at the IMF, Washington DC, USA in 2007. His research interests are international trade and finance, fiscal policy reforms and poverty studies with particular focus on the use of Computable General Equilibrium (CGE), Product Space Analysis and Randomised Control Trials methodologies. He has published a number of papers in referred journals and in books. Dr. Obeng has consulted for the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Ghana, the African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya, the WTO Chair, University of Mauritius and the ILO, Geneva. He is an active member of the African Economic Research (AERC), Kenya, the African Econometrics Society, South Africa, the Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Network, Canada, the Global Economic Modeling (ECOMOD) Network, USA and the International Input-Output Association, Austria.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Economics

University of Cape Coast

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Economics

University of Cape Coast

Participant at 30th June, 2020: AERC Virtual Special Session on “African Economies amid COVID-19: Impacts and the Road Ahead”. Participant., Virtual . 2020-06-01 Participant at 29th June, 2020: AERC Virtual Plenary Session on “Business Environment, Competitiveness, and Economic Growth in Africa”. Participant., Virtual . 2020-06-01 Presented a Paper at 8th -12th June: AERC June 2020 Virtual(Zoom) Biannual workshop. Presented a Work in Progress Report titled: “Export Efficiency and Diversification in Ghana”., Virtual . 2020-06-01 Presented a Proposal at 1st December 2019 –5th December 2019: AERC Biannual Research Workshop – Nairobi, Kenya. Presented a New Proposal titled: “Estimating Bilateral Exports Efficiency and Gap in Ghana”, Nairobi, Kenya . 2019-12-01 Presented a Paper at 3rd September 2019 – 5th September, 2019: Biennial Conference of the Economic Society of South Africa, Birchwood Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa. Presented a paper titled” Global value Chains Participation and Inclusive Growth in sub-Saharan Africa”., South Africa . 2019-09-01 Presented a Paper at 29th May 2016 – 2nd June 2016: AERC Biannual Research Workshop – Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya. Presented a WIP Report titled: “Tax capacity and effort in Ghana” (With Dr. William Insaidoo), Nairobi, Kenya . 2016-05-01 Presented a New Proposal at . 27th November 2015 –4th December 2015: AERC Biannual Research Workshop – Ethiopia. Presented a New Proposal titled: “Tax capacity and effort in Ghana” ( With Dr. William Insaidoo), Ethiopia . 2015-12-01 Presented a Paper at 3rd September 2014 -4th September 2014: UDS 2014 Annual Interdisciplinary Conference held at Tamale. Presented a paper titled: Impact of import liberalisation on Poverty: A dynamic computable general equilibrium and microsimulation analysis for Ghana., Tamale, Ghana . 2014-09-01 Presented a Paper at 24th July 2013 -26th July 2013: 18th Annual Conference of the African Econometric Society held at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra. Presented a paper Titled: Corporate Tax Competition and Sector Specific FDI in Ghana., La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra . 2013-07-01 Presented a Paper at 1st July 2013-3rd July 2013: International Conference on Economic Modeling – EcoMod2013 in Prague, Czech Republic. Presented a paper Titled: Trade liberalisation, corporate tax and Poverty in Ghana., Prague, Czech Republic . 2013-07-01 Participant at 2nd July 2012-3rd July 2012: AERC-GdNeT Workshop on Policy Brief, Nairobi, Kenya. Participant, Nairobi, Kenya . 2012-07-01 Presented a paper at 10th September 2011– 11th September 2011: AERC Collaborative Project on Health, Economic Growth, and Poverty Reduction Interim Research Review Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya. Presented a paper titled: The Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Health Insurance on the Demand for Prenatal and Postnatal Health Care in Ghana [Co-authored with Professor Bhasin Vijay, K. (Final Report)], Kenya . 2011-09-01 Presented a Paper at 1st May 2011 – 5th May 2011: 2nd Joint Unilorin/UCC International Conference on Climate Change and sustainable Development, IIorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. Presented a paper titled: Determinants of Adaption to Climate Change among Artisanal Fishermen: A case study of Cape Coast Metropolis ( Co-authored with Dr. Ferdinard Ahiakpor), Nigeria . 2011-05-01 Presented a paper at 20th March 2011– 21st March 2011: AERC Collaborative Project on Health, Economic Growth, and Poverty Reduction Interim Research Review Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya. Presented a paper titled: The Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Health Insurance on the Demand for Prenatal and Postnatal Health Care in Ghana [Co-authored with Professor Bhasin Vijay, K. (Interim Report)], Kenya . 2011-03-01 Participant at 16th September 2009-17th September 2009: Sensitization Workshop on ECOWAS Common Investment Market for the Academia, Covenant University, Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria., Nigeria . 2009-09-01 Participant at 23rd September 2008 – 3rd October 2008: AERC Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Technical Workshop, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Tanzania . 2008-09-01 Participant at 14th May 2007-18th May 2007: Panel Data Analysis Course, Internal Economics Training Course, IMF, Washington, D.C., USA. Participant., Washington, D.C., USA . 2007-05-01 Participant at 9th May 2007-11th May 2007: Weak Instruments and Intrinsic Heterogeneity Course, Internal Economics Training Course, IMF, Washington, D.C., USA. Participant, IMF, Washington, D.C., USA . 2007-05-01 Participant at 26th April 2007-27th April 2007: Conference on New Perspectives on Financial Globalization, Research Department, IMF, Washington, D.C., USA. Participant., IMF, Washington, D.C., USA. . 2007-04-01 Presented a paper at 5th July, 2006 -7th July 2006: 11th Annual Conference of the African Econometrics Society (AES) –IDEP, Dakar, Senegal. Presented a paper titled: “Disparities of Education and Poverty Among Households in Ghana ” ( With Prof. Vijay Bhasin), Dakar, Senegal . 2006-07-01 Presented a Paper at 29th June 2005 – 1st July 2005: International Conference on Policy Modeling EcoMod2005, Istanbul, Turkey. Presented a Paper titled: Trade Liberalization, Foreign Borrowing, Poverty and Income Distribution of Households in Ghana( with Prof. Vijay Bhasin)., Istanbul, Turkey . 2005-06-01 Participant at 19 – 20 March, 2024: Transforming Transportation 2024: Mobilising Finance for Climate Action (Virtual), The World Bank Group: World Resource Institute: Participant, Virtual . 2024-03-18 Guest Resource Person at 26th November – 1 December, 2023: AERC December 2023 Hybrid Biannual Research Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya: Guest Resource Person, Nairobi, Kenya . 2023-11-26 Guest Resource Person at 27th November – 2 December, 2022: AERC December 2022 Hybrid Biannual Research Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya: Guest Resource Person, Nairobi, Kenya . 2022-11-27