Welcome Message from the CEO
The Institute of Chartered Economists – Ghana (ICEG) has been practicing as a professional body registered under the Professional Bodies Registration Decree, 1973, (NRCD 143) with the mission to promote and encourage the study of the art and science of Economics in Ghana.
Education, and for that matter higher level of education, ensures effective development, training, and formation of arguably, the most valuable resource of every nation, that is, human capital. This human capital comprises academics and professionals of all forms found in various academic institutions, corporate bodies, and industries established within an economic jurisdiction. On the basis of the foregoing, there is no gain-saying the role the Institute of Chartered Economists – Ghana in churning out strong intellectuals for socio-economic development of countries such as Ghana, cannot be overemphasized.
The overarching objective of ICEG is to identify and train human capital to become expertise who could effectively harness the other factors of production, including land, natural resources, equipment, and financial resources, among others, to positively affect development of the Ghanaian economy.
Currently there is no professional body with the legal mandate to provide professional training in economics and to regulate professional economists in the country. This largely explains the acute shortage of professional economists in both the public and private sectors of the economy. It is absolutely difficult for economists to identify themselves with any professional body because of the non-existence of an organized and independent professional body to regulate the conduct and activities of the profession. This had stirred up a general clarion call by professional economists for the need to establish a body that would regulate the activities and general conduct of the profession.
The Institute of Chartered Economists – Ghana has made and continues to make significant contributions both internationally and locally in diverse areas. ICEG has, for instance, participated in dialogue sessions of the World Bank on Improving Governance as well as Poverty reduction under the Sustainable Development Goals. In Ghana, the Institute has been an active participant in public discourse and socioeconomic policy research, analysis, and evaluation on the real, fiscal, monetary, and external sectors as well as macroeconomic regimes. The Institute has participated as key stakeholder in policy consultations with some government agencies. The Institute also embarks on biannual Consumer Confidence Survey across the country to independently ascertain the attitudes and opinions of the populace on the economy.
You are warmly welcome to ICEG. We are very happy to have you on board.
Gideon Amissah, Esq, FCE
(Chief Economist)