Prof. Felix Ankomah Asante is a Professor of Agriculture Economics and currently the Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Legon where he has been for the past twenty-one years. He has conducted research and also published extensively on critical economic and developmental issues. Dr. Asante has also provided professional services in many capacities locally and internationally, notably, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA, the World bank and the UNAIDS and WHO both of the United Nations. For the UNAIDS he has consulted on HIV and AIDS Spending Assessments for the following countries: Mozambique, Eritrea, The Gambia, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Liberia and Ghana.