Prof Francis Kwaw Andoh is currently an Associate Profesdor of Economics  in the Department of Applied Economics, the University of Cape Coast, with about 13 years of experience in teaching and economic research. Andoh’s research focuses on cross-cutting issues in Public Sector Economics, Health Economics and Development Economics. Specifically, he has researched extensively on Ghana’s tax system and has publications on water and electricity subsidies, revenue effects of trade misinvoicing, efficiency of public spending on human capital, technology and energy consumption, and SMEs.  Prof Andoh was once a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)(USA), where he led a research on the distributional aspects of Ghana's value-added tax.  He has consulted for several international organisations including the Food and Agriculture Organisation( FAO), International Labour Organization (ILO), UNFPA, Copenhagen Consensus Centre (USA), Solidaridad West Africa (The Netherlands), and SNV (The Netherland Development Organisation).  He is currently a member of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), Germany, a network member of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Kenya; and the Australia-Africa Universities Network (AAUN) on Economic Development, Health and Nutrition (Australia).