Research

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

• Productive Efficiency, Structural Change and Catch-Up Within Africa. 2023. (with E. B. Mensah & Neil Foster-McGregor). Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

• Trade for Catch-Up: Examining How Global Value Chains Participation Affects Productive Efficiency. 2023. (with G. Ndubuisi). Journal of Productivity Analysis

• Structural Change, Productivity Growth and Labour Market Turbulence in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2022. (with E. B. Mensah; Neil Foster-McGregor & A. Szirmai). Journal of African Economies

• ICTs Quality and Technical Efficiency: An Empirical Analysis. 2022. (with G. Ndubuisi; C. Otioma & G. Tetteh). Telecommunications Policy

• Wage Effects of Global Value Chains Participation and Position: An Industry-Level Analysis. 2022. (with G. O. Ndubuisi). Journal of International Trade & Economic Development

• How Important is Global Value Chains to Export Upgrading. 2021. (with G. O. Ndubuisi). The World Economy

• Do Gender Wage Differences Within Households Influence Women Empowerment and Welfare: Evidence from Ghana. 2021. (with M. Danquah, A. M. Iddrisu, E. O. Boakye). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

• Trust, Efficient Contracting and Export Upgrading. 2021. (with G.O. Ndubuisi). European Journal of Development Research

Books

• Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Seizing Opportunities in Global Value Chains.  (2021). African Development Forum, World Bank, Washington D.C. (with Kaleb Abreha, G., Emmanuel K. K. Lartey., Taye A. Mengistae., Woubet Kassa & Albert G. Zeufack).

• Supporting an Innovative Agenda for the Western Balkans: Tools and Methodologies. (2018). Publications Office of the European Commission.

Book Chapters

• Sub-Saharan Africa's Prospect of Economic Development through Global Supply Chains. (2022). Sustainable Global Supply Chains Report. German Development Institute (with G.O. Ndubuisi, pp.126-145).

• The Rise of the Service Sector in the Global Economy and Africa. (2021). (chapter 13 with Neil Foster-McGregor & A. Szirmai) in Alcorta, L., Foster-McGregor, N., Verspagen, B & Szirmai, A. "New Perspectives on Structural Change: Causes and Consequences of Structural Change in the Global Economy" Oxford University Press.

• The Future of Work in Africa: Harnessing the Potential of Digital Technologies for All. (2020). World Bank, African Region, Washington D.C (chapter 3 with Moussa P. Blimpo).

Other Policy Work

• Boosting Resilience: The Future of Social Protection. Africa’s Pulse, No. 25. (2022, April). World Bank, Washington, DC. (Zeufack, Albert G.; Calderon, Cesar; Kabundi, Alain; Kubota, Megumi; Korman, Vijdan; Raju, Dhushyanth; Girma Abreha, Kaleb; Kassa, Woubet; Owusu, Solomon).

• UNIDO Industrial Development Report: The Future of Industrialization in a Post-Pandemic World. (2022). United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Published Working Papers

• Global Value Chains, Job Creation and Job Destruction among Firms in South Africa. (2023). STEG-CEPR Working Paper WP073 (with G.  Ndubuisi).

• Drivers of Services Sector Growth Acceleration in Developing Countries. (2023). UNU-WIDER Working Paper 2023/87 (with G. Ndubuisi, R. Asiama & E. Avenyo).

• Import Penetration and Manufacturing Employment: Evidence from Africa. (2022). UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series. No. 007 (with G. O. Ndubuisi  & E.B. Mensah)

• Wage Effects of Global Value Chains Participation and Position: An Industry-Level Analysis. (2021). UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series. No. 042 (with G. O. Ndubuisi)

• Powering Structural Transformation and Productivity Gains in Africa. The Role of Global Value Chains and Resource Endowments. (2021). UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series. No. 022.

• Digital Technology and Productivity of Informal Enterprises: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria. (2021). UNU-WIDER Working Paper No. 114 (with M. Danquah).

• Gender Wage Differences, Women Empowerment and Welfare: Household Evidence from Ghana. (2021). UNU-WIDER WP 40/2021 (with M. Danquah, A.M. Iddrisu & E.O. Boakye).

• Africa in Manufacturing Global Value Chains: Cross-country Patterns and Dynamics in Linkages. (2020). World Bank PRWP No.9439 (with Abreha, K, Lartey, E, Taye, M & Zeufack, A).

• Export Variety and Imported Intermediate Inputs: Industry-Level Evidence from Africa. (2020). MPRA No. 106008 (with E.B. Mensah & G. O. Ndubuisi).

• The Rise of the Service Sector in the Global Economy (2020).  UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series. No. 056 (with A. Szirmai & Neil-Foster McGregor).

• How Important is Global Value Chain for Export Upgrading. (2020). UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series. No. 026 (with G. O. Ndubuisi). 

• Structural Change, Productivity Growth and Labor Market Turbulence in Africa. (2018). Groningen Growth and Dev. Centre  (with EB. Mensah, Foster-McGregor, N & A. Szirmai).

• Productive Efficiency, Technological Change and Catch-Up in Africa. (2020).  UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series. No. 033 (with E. B. Mensah & Neil-Foster McGregor).

• Technology in the Classroom and Learning in Secondary Schools. (2020). World Bank Policy Research WP No. 9288 (with Moussa P. Blimpo, Ousman Gajigo, R Tomita & Yanbu Xu).

• Measurement and Analysis of the Evolution of Institution in Rwanda: Leximetric Approach (2017) (with G. O. Ndubuisi).

Work in Progress

• Global Value Chains Participation, Job Creation and Job Destruction: Industry Level Evidence (with G. Ndubuisi)

• Climate Change and Structural Change (with Valentina Antonaccio)

• Trade and Environment: A Network Analysis (with G. Ndubuisi)

• Rules of Origin as Double-Edge Sword: Textile Global Value Chains under AGOA (with Woubet Kassa).

• On the Growth Complementarity between Development in Services and Manufacturing Performance in Africa.

• Digital Technology Usage, Productivity and Transition: Household Evidence from Non-Farm Enterprises in Africa (with Michael Danquah).