The media launch of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) took place at the Holiday Inn hotel in Accra on November 17, 2014. Members of the Governing Council of the Institute, its staff, associates, and other important invited personalities joined Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, IFS Founder/President, and Prof. Newman Kusi, the Executive Director, to unveil the Institute to the media and the public. In his speech at the event, Dr. Duffuor shed light on the reason for establishing the Institute as well as its mission and vision.