Working papers
1. “The welfare effects of financial inclusion in Ghana: an exploration based on a multidimensional measure of financial inclusion” (with Michael Danquah), WIDER Working Paper 2021/146 (2021).
2. “The financial inclusion agenda: Examining the role of conventional banks in deepening access to formal credit” (with Michael Danquah), WIDER Working Paper 2021/74 (2021).
3. “Do gender wage differences within households influence women’s empowerment and welfare? Evidence from Ghana” (with Michael Danquah, Ernest Owusu Boakye, and Solomon Owusu), WIDER Working Paper 2021/40 (2021).
4. “Examining the welfare effects of import tariff reforms in Ghana: A combined CGE-Microsimulation approach”, SOUTHMOD Research note, UNU-WIDER, University of Essex and SASPRI.
5. “Implications of the Fertilizer-Subsidy Programme on Income Growth, Productivity, and Employment in Ghana” (with Maliha Abubakari, Dede W. Gafa, Christian A. Emini, and Olivier Beaumais), PEP Working Paper 2020-05 (2020): The Partnership for Economic Policy.
6. “Rural financial intermediation and poverty reduction in Ghana: A micro-level analysis” (with Michael Danquah, Williams Ohemeng and Alfred Barimah), WIDER Working Paper 2020/2 (2020).
7. “Gender, age cohort, and household investment in child schooling: New evidence from sub-Saharan Africa” (with Michael Danquah, Williams Ohemeng and Alfred Barimah), WIDER Working Paper 2020/9 (2020).
Book chapter
1. “Immigrants’ contribution to public finance in Ghana” (with Peter Quartey, Delali Badasu, Diana Assuman, Angelina Blabboe and Sandra Berger), in How Immigrants Contribute to Ghana’s Economy, (OECD/ILO: OECD Publishing, Paris, 2018), 127-144.
Journal articles
1. “Rural financial intermediation and poverty reduction in Ghana: A micro-level analysis” (with Peter Quartey, Michael Danquah, Williams Ohemeng and Alfred Barimah). Poverty & Public Policy, (2021) pp. 1-19. DOI: 10.1002/pop4.324.
2. “Do gender wage differences within households influence women’s empowerment and welfare? Evidence from Ghana” (with Michael Danquah, Ernest Owusu Boakye and Solomon Owusu), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 188 (2021): 916-932.
3. “Gender bias in households’ educational expenditures: Does the stage of schooling matter?” (with Michael Danquah, Peter Quartey and Williams Ohemeng), World Development Perspectives, 10-12 (2018): 15-23.
4. “Access to mobile phones and the wellbeing of nonfarm enterprise households: new evidence from Ghana” (with Michael Danquah), Technology in Society, 54 (2018): 1-9.
5. “Unmasking the Contributing Factors of Entrepreneurial Activities among Men and Women in Ghana” (with Peter Quartey, Michael Danquah, and George Owusu), Journal of Economic Studies, 45.1 (2018): 114-125, https://doi.org/10.1108/JES-08-2016-0152.
6. “Paying for Education among Households in Ghana: Is there any Role for Household Resources and Contextual Effects?” (with Michael Danquah and Peter Quartey), International Journal of Development Issues, 16.2 (2017): 214-226, DOI: 10.1108/IJDI-02-2017-0017.
7. “Financing the growth of SMEs in Africa: What are the constraints to SME financing within ECOWAS?” (with Peter Quartey, Ebo Turkson, and Joshua Abor), Review of Development Finance, 7 (2017): 18-28.
8. “Analysis of School Enrollment in Ghana: A Sequential Approach” (with Michael Danquah and Peter Quartey), Review of Development Economics, 21.4 (2017): 1158-1177. DOI: 10.1111/rode.12302.
9. “A Micro-Level Study of the Relationship between Experienced Corruption and Subjective Wellbeing in Africa” (with Iddisah Sulemana and Jude E. Kyoore), The Journal of Development Studies, 53.1 (2017): 138-155, DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2016.1187721.
10. “Access to Financial Services via Rural and Community Banks and welfare in rural households in Ghana” (with Michael Danquah and Peter Quartey), Journal of African Development, 19.2 (2017): 67-76.
11. “The Effect of Poverty, Household Structure and Child Work on School Enrolment” Journal of Education and Practice, 5.6 (2014): 145-156.
Technical Publications
1. "Customs Revenue in Ghana: Recent Trends and their Causes" (with Ross Warwick, Harriet Conron, Edward Abrokwa, Ebenezer Bob-Eshun, and Daniel Neur), Report commissioned by the TPU of the Ministry of Finance, Ghana (2021).
2. "A Survey of the Ghanaian Tax System" (with Ross Warwick, Harriet Conron, Edward Abrokwa, Andara Kamara and Daniel Neur), Report commissioned by the TPU of the Ministry of Finance, Ghana (2021).
3. “The macro-economic impact of two different industrial development pathways in Ghana” (with Brent Cloete, Lauralyn Kaziboni, Yash Ramkalowan, and Williams Ohemeng), Report commissioned by the African Centre for Cities and the Coalition for Urban Transitions (2020).
4. “Are Ghanaian women more entrepreneurial than men?” (with Peter Quartey, George Owusu, Michael Danquah), ISSER/Brookings research project on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitoring (GEM) Survey (2014).
5. “Financing the growth and transformation of SMEs in Africa: What are the constraints to SME financing within ECOWAS” (with Peter Quartey, Ebo Turkson and Joshua Abor), AERC research project on financial sector reform and development in Africa (2015).
6. “Rural financial intermediation and poverty reduction: Evidence from Ghana” (with Peter Quartey and Michael Danquah), Office for Research, Innovation and Development (ORID), University of Ghana, funded project (2016).
7. “Ghana’s long run growth: Policy options for equity and sustainable growth” (with Michael Danquah), African Development Bank (AfDB) project on Ghana Policy Series (2016).
8. “Assessing the Economic Contribution of Labour Migration in Developing Countries as Countries of Destination (ECLM)” (with Peter Quartey, Delali Badasu, Diana Assuman and Angelina Blabboe), OECD Development Centre, Paris, France (2017).
Research grants
1. "Agricultural Risks, Pandemics, and Farm-Household Welfare and Diversification Strategies" (with Evans O. & Alhassan K.): A project funded by UNU-WIDER under the Social Protection, Taxation, and Crises project. Funding amount US$6,000.00
2. “Examining the welfare effects of import tariff reforms in Ghana: a combined CGE-microsimulation approach” UNU-WIDER GHAMOD research grant: Funding amount US$1,500.00
3. “The Macro-Economic Impact of Two Different Industrial Development Pathways in Ghana” (working under the company named PLACEFEET for DNA Economics), African Center for Cities, UCT, Cape Town, South African: Funding amount US$22,000.00
4. “The Impact of Public Investment in Graduate Training on Development Outcomes in Ghana” (with Michael Danquah), International Growth Center (IGC), London School of Economics (LSE): Funding amount - £ 9,995.00.
5. “Natural Resource Taxation in Ghana” (with Michael Danquah), Ministry of Finance, Ghana: Funding amount - US$12,000.00.
6. “Identifying key policy options for growth and gainful employment in Ghana” (with Maliha Abubakari & Dede W.A. Gafa), Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP): Funding amount - US$22,000.00.
7. “Ghana’s long run growth: Policy options for equity and sustainable growth” (with Michael Danquah), African Development Bank (AfDB): Funding amount - US$5,000.00.
8. “Rural financial intermediation and poverty reduction: Evidence from Ghana” (with Peter Quartey and Michael Danquah), Office for Research, Innovation and Development (ORID), University of Ghana: Funding amount – GHC25,000.00.
On-going research
1. Participate in the Accra Structural Transformation Domain research under the UNU-WIDER and Uni. of Machester ACRC project. Goal: To shed light on the patterns and spatial distribution of economic activities as well as the configuration of power and its interactions with city political settlements and institutions.
2. 'Agricultural Risks, Pandemics, and Farm-Household Welfare and Diversification Strategies' (with Evans O. & Alhassan K.): A project funded by UNU-WIDER under the Social Protection, Taxation, and Crises project.
3. 'Understanding the drivers of tax morale in Africa'.
4. ‘Rural households’ attitude towards child schooling in Ghana: a new evidence on gender discrimination?’.
5. ‘Going to school: exploring the effect of the free compulsory basic education (FCUBE) policy on child school attendance in Ghana’
6. ‘I am in school today because of food: investigating the role of the free school feeding program on child schooling in Ghana’