Robert Darko Osei is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Legon, and also the Vice Dean for the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Ghana. He serves as a scientific advisor for IPA's Social Protection Program. His main areas of research include evaluative poverty and rural research, macro and micro implications of fiscal policies, aid effectiveness and other economic development policy concerns. Robert received his Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, examining aid, trade and growth in rural Ghana.