Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
Chinese Ties and Low Carbon Industrialization in Africa. (2025). Energy Economics. (with Keyi Tang & Gideon Ndubuisi)
Global Value Chains and Aggregate Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: The Role of Intra-Sectoral Allocation and Structural Change. (2024). Review of World Economics
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). World Bank, African Development Forum, 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/Policy Chapters
African Economic Outlook: Driving Africa's Transformation. (2024). African Development Bank Group. (Chapter 2 with Margaret McMillan, E. Mensah, G. Ndubuisi & A. Mansoor).
Sub-Saharan Africa's Prospect of Economic Development through Global Supply Chains. (2022). Sustainable Global Supply Chains Report. German Development Institute, Bonn (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, Africa Development Forum, 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. (with Albert, Zeufack. G; Calderon, Cesar; Kabundi, Alain; Kubota, Megumi; Korman, Vijdan; Raju, Dhushyanth; Girma Abreha, Kaleb; Kassa, Woubet).
UNIDO Industrial Development Report: The Future of Industrialization in a Post-Pandemic World. (2022). United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna.