Publications
Jobs! Electricity Shortages and Unemployment in Africa
How do electricity outages affect job creation in Africa? ( Journal of Development Economics, 2024) [Revised Version 2022] [Job Market Paper] | Coverage: World Bank Africa Pulse, Ecofin Hebdo, Globaldev I explore the effects of electricity shortages on employment and job creation in AfricaInfrastructure 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.