Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong

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Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong
BornJuly 24, 1949
Institution National Science Foundation
University of South Florida
Wright State University
New College of Florida
Alma mater Wayne State University (PhD), 1981
University of Cape Coast (BA), 1974
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Website http://economics.usf.edu/faculty/kgbrempong/

Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong (born July 24, 1949) is Ghanaian American economist who is a professor of economics and economics department chair at the University of South Florida, and a former president of the National Economic Association. He serves on the editorial boards of Southern Economic Journal and the Journal of African Development. [1]

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Education and early life

Gyimah-Brempong was born in Kintampo, Ghana, and received a BA with Honors from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana in 1974.[ citation needed ] He came to the United States in 1975 and earned a PhD in Economics from Wayne State University in 1981.[ citation needed ]

Career

Gyimah-Brempong has taught at the New College of Florida from 1981-1988, and at Wright State University from 1988-1994. Since 1994, he has been a professor of economics at the University of South Florida.[ citation needed ] From 2002-2004 he was the Economics Program, Director for the National Science Foundation. [1] His research focuses on economic development in Africa. He has been president of the National Economic Association. [2] In 2016, the Association for the Advancement of African Women Economists held a conference in his honor. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics". www.iza.org. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  2. "National Economic Association 50th Anniversary Celebration and Honors Luncheon" (PDF). January 4, 2020.Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "Conference in Honor of Professor Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong, Tampa, Florida, March 2016 ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AFRICAN WOMEN ECONOMISTS (AAAWE)" . Retrieved 2021-02-23.