Jobs! Electricity Shortages and Unemployment in Africa
How do electricity outages affect job creation in Africa? Journal of Development Economics, 2024 Coverage: Economist | Voxdev | World Bank Africa Pulse | Ecofin Hebdo | Globaldev I explore the effects of electricity shortages on employment and job creation in AfricaFood for Thought: School Feeding and Cognitive Performance in Rwanda
with [Aimable Nsabimana] [Version-December 2020] : Forthcoming: Journal of African Economies | 2025 We use unique administrative data on students' test scores in a high stake national exam to examine the impact of Rwanda's school feeding program on student performance.Energy demand during a pandemic: Evidence from Ghana and Rwanda
with [Aimable Nsabimana, James Dzansi, Alexandre Nshunguyinka ] Energy Economics |2024 We use unique administrative data on electricity billing records of firms and households in two African economies to analyze the energy demand response to the Covid-19 pandemic and associated public relief programsInfrastructure Quality and FDI Inflows: Evidence from the Arrival of High-Speed Internet in Africa
with [ Nouhoum Traore] World Bank Economic Review, 2023 || Working Paper: [World Bank Policy Research Working Paper]We explore how the arrival of high-speed Internet via the submarine fiber-optic cables to Africa spurred FDI flows to the banking and technology services sectors.Who Adopts LPG as the Main Cooking Fuel and Why? Empirical Evidence on Ghana based on National Survey (with A. Karimu & G. Adu). 2016. World Development 85:43-57
An Empirical Analysis of Hunting Lease Pricing and the Value of Game in Sweden. 2017 Land Economics 93(2), 292-308
Natural Resource Revenues and Public Investment in Resource-rich Economies in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2017. Review of Development Economics 21 (4): 107-130
Ghana's Salt Industry: A Neglected Sector for Economic Development? (with Ebo Botchway). 2013. Resources Policy 38:288-294
Financial Development and Economic Growth in Ghana: Does the Measure of Financial Development Matter? (with George Adu & George Marbuah). 2013. Review of Development Finance 3:192-203.