Research Team
This project is led by Professor Victor Murinde – as PI and includes Co-Is from:
SOAS University of London, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), University of Ghana, University of Groningen, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), FSA Université Laval, Loughborough University, University of Nottingham, University of Birmingham, and Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Principal Investigator
Professor Victor Murinde
AXA Professor in Global Finance
SOAS University of London
Co-Investigators
Professor Christine Oughton
Professor of Management Economics
SOAS University of London
Professor Laurence Harris
Professor of Economics
SOAS University of London
Professor Reinhard Bachmann
Professor of International Management
SOAS University of London
Professor Joshua Yindenaba Abor
Professor of Finance
University of Ghana
Professor Robert Lensink
Professor of Finance and Financial Markets
University of Groningen
Professor Niels Hermes
Professor of Finance
University of Groningen
Professor Shubhashis Gangopadhyay
Professor of Emerging Markets Finance
University of Groningen
Professor Issouf Sourmaré
Professor of Finance
Université Laval, Québec
Professor Lemma Senbet
Executive Director
African Economic Research Consortium University of Maryland
Dr Tianshu Zhao
Senior Lecturer in Finance
University of Birmingham
Dr Ahmad Hassan Ahmad
Lecturer in Macroeconomics
Loughborough University
Dr Stephen Spratt
Research Fellow
Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
Professor Stephany Griffith-Jones
Emeritus Fellow
Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
Dr Ye Bai
Associate Professor in Finance
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Professor William Oliver Morrissey
Professor of Development Economics
University of Nottingham
Dr Judith Tyson
Research Fellow
Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Dr Mohammed Amidu
Head of Department of Accounting
University of Ghana
Professor José Antonio Ocampo
Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs
Columbia University