Dr Emmanuel O Akwetey

Dr Emmanuel O Akwetey is the founding Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), one of Ghana’s leading research and advocacy organisations established in 2000.

He has a PhD in International Politics and Development from the University of Stockholm, Sweden. Dr Akwetey is an advocate of democratic governance and human development; civic participation in credible management of multiparty elections, political and administrative transitions; and international aid and development effectiveness.

He has for more than a decade participated in and facilitated several local, national, regional, continental and global forums on issues pertaining to poverty and inequality, human and institutional capacity development, and African political and economic integration. Dr Akwetey has been widely consulted by the Government of Ghana, the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), the Government of Liberia, UNDP and several bilateral donor agencies. The political scientist has also collaborated with the Commonwealth Foundation and the Parliament of Ghana in its work with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association's Africa branch.

Dr Akwetey has facilitated high-level policy dialogue among civil society, African governments and development partners at the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and at the annual Consultative Group Meetings in Ghana.