Dr Isaac Koomson is a Senior Research Fellow in The University of Queensland’s Centre for the Business and Economics of Health (CBEH) and serves as a Faculty Associate at the Center for Social Development, Washington University in St. Louis, USA. He is the Lead Economist for the Network for Socioeconomic Research and Advancement in Ghana, and has consulted for the World Bank, the United Nations, and other policy-oriented research institutes. His current research lies in the areas of health and development economics and cuts across mental health, nutrition and well-being, food insecurity, poverty, vulnerability, small business, and entrepreneurship. He is a co-author of the book State Fragility and Resilience in sub-Saharan Africa: Indicators and Interventions. His works are published in high-ranked journals.
Professor Renato A. Villano is an agricultural economist, econometrician and socio-economist with over 25 years of experience in international development in Australia as well as in various countries in Asia and Africa. His primary area of expertise centres on agricultural and resource economics, with a special focus on rural development, gender equity, efficiency and productivity analysis, agribusiness, value chain analysis and poverty and impact assessment. He has also conducted research on business innovation, sustainable entrepreneurship, and financial literacy. His publications appear in high-ranked journals.