Philip Kofi Adom (PhD)


Associate Professor (Economics)

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)

Accra - Ghana

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Associate Professor (Economics)

School of Economics and Finance

The University of Witwatersrand

Johannesburg, South Africa


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Senior Research Fellow

GIMPA - PURC Centre of Public Utility in Regulation (CEPUR)

Accra, Ghana


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Philip Kofi Adom is an Associate Professor of economics at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). He is currently a Senior Research Fellow of the Environment for Development (EfD), Sweden, Sustainable Energy Transition Initiative (SETI – Duke University/ Universidad de Concepción, in Chile), and the GIMPA-PURC Center of Excellence in Regulation (GIPCER). Prof Adom is a previous Research Fellow of the City University of Hong Kong, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), and the African Economic and Research Consortium (AERC). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, an MPhil in Economics (University of Ghana), and a First class BEd in Social Sciences [Economics major] (University of Cape Coast). His early years of education were at Kumasi Anglican High School (KASS) and St. Theresa’s R/C Junior High School all in Kumasi, Ghana. Prof Adom provides consulting services on energy services, climate change, and development for the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) - Abidjan, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) - Canada, and the Centre for Global Development (CGD) - USA. He has won research grants from the Swedish Development Agency, AfDB, IDRC, UNICEF, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, Startup Grant from the City University of Hong Kong, Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Shell Energy Foundation, AERC, and Browaldh Foundation, Handelsbanken (Sweden) among others. Prof. Adom is currently a member of SETI and Emission Pricing for Development (EPfD) [EfD, Sweden and Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), Germany]. He is listed in the African Scientist Directory[ASSAF] (https://africanscientists.africa/business-directory/adom/) and his research is ranked among the top 5 percent scholars in the field of Economics and Econometrics in Africa by Research Publication in Economics [REPEc] (https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.africa.html#authors) and World Scientist and University ranking (https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist.php?id=88901). Prof. Adom has published widely on the trilogy of Energy, Environment and Development in top-tier academic journals, such as World Development, Resource and Energy Economics, The Energy Journal, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Applied Economics, Empirical Economics, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Environmental Management, Renewable Energy, Water and Resource Economics, Environment and Development Economics and International Journal of Manpower amongst others. He has graduated three PhD students and several other master level students. Prof Adom is also a philanthropist.


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