Research Projects

Research Roles & Projects Undertaken

November 2021 – June 2024

Project: Household Resilience in Northern Ghana: Using Communication to Reinforce Nutrition Outcomes

Position: Research Assistant

Project Funders: ICED-MRR (ALL-IN Research Grant)

Survey Consultant: ISSER, University of Ghana

P.I: Prof. Robert Darko Osei

Co P.I: Dr. Isaac Osei-Akoto

Project Mentor: Prof. Christopher Udry, Northwestern University, USA

●The study seeks to use a rigorous impact evaluation approach to understand whether nutrition related behaviours of poor and vulnerable households in Northern Ghana can be changed using digital communication tools. My tasks included providing administrative and research support as part of the capacity building aspect of the project.

April 2021 – September 2022

Research Assistant: Baseline Survey Data Collection for the Impact Evaluation of the Productive Inclusion Component of the Ghana Productive Safety Net Project (GPSNP-PI). 

Project Funders: World Bank and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA 

Survey Consultant: ISSER, University of Ghana

P.I: Dr. Isaac Osei-Akoto

• Currently working as one of the two main principal research assistants for the baseline data collection survey. In addition to the other team members, we aim to understand livelihood strategies, food consumption, food and nutrition security experience, access to financial services, participation in productive activities including businesses/enterprises, coping and social protection measures available at the household and community levels.

April 2021 – September 2022

Research Assistant: Ghana LEAP ISS Impact Evaluation Baseline Survey (LEAP IV).

Project Funder: UNICEF, USA

Survey Consultant: ISSER, University of Ghana 

P.I: Dr. Isaac Osei-Akoto

• My tasks include designing audited field instruments, data analysis and project report to the funder. The project aims to specifically understand the other ancillary services provided to LEAP beneficiaries by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection with funding support from UNICEF.

April 2021 – October 2021

Research Assistant: Gender Assessment: Women Access to Digital Financial Inclusion and Desk Review of LEAP Cash Transfer Programme in Ghana.

Project Funder: World Food Programme (WFP), Ghana Country Office

Survey Consultant: ISSER, University of Ghana 

P.I: Prof. Peter Quartey

• In addition to the other team members, we are assessing the uptake and impact of financial services by women as well as evaluating the digital payment scheme (E-zwich and mobile money) being instituted by the LEAP secretariat of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) in Ghana.

February 2021 – March 2021

Survey Support Coordinator: Evaluation of the Rural Enterprises Programme, Phase 3 (REP III).  

Project Funders: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), U.S.A. 

Survey Consultant: DevtPlan Consult, Ghana

• Worked as one of the project team members in coordinating the impact assessment survey of public projects and programmes on various socioeconomic development outputs and outcomes as outlined in the given programme’s theory of change in beneficiary communities. My tasks include the review of the final questionnaire on Survey Solutions, training of enumerators, monitoring of field data collection, data management and generating field report updates.

October 2020 – December 2020

Survey Support Coordinator: Household Quantitative Survey for the Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) Project. 

Project Funder: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), U.S.A. 

Survey Consultant: DevtPlan Consult, Ghana

• Worked as one of the project team members in coordinating the endline survey of households and communities in the three northern regions of Ghana on selected agricultural intervention programmes being implemented by IFPRI. My tasks include the review and finalization of survey questionnaires on SurveyCTO, training of enumerators, monitoring of field data collection, data management and generating field report updates.

October 2019 – May 2020

Principal Research Assistant: Tobacco Control Price Survey in Ghana. 

Project Funder: International Centre for Tax Development (ICTD), Brighton, U.K

Survey Consultant: ISSER, University of Ghana 

P.I: Dr. Ama P. Fenny

• Worked as one of the lead project team members in collating tobacco prices in Ghana. This was used in modelling the potential impact of a change in tobacco excise taxes on Ghana’s fiscal and public health using the TETSiM model developed by the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

September 2019 – March 2020

Junior Expert: Strengthening Evidence for Development Impact (SEDI) Project. 

Project Funder: DFID, Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and Oxford Policy Management (OPM), U.K.

Survey Consultant: African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET), Ghana

• Worked with a team of other senior consultants on the Political Economy Analysis of Ghana’s Health Sector in assessing the critical role evidence plays in the health system of Ghana. Our tasks include interviewing the key stakeholders of Ghana’s health sector.

May 2019 – October 2019

Research Assistant: Ghana Business Enabling Environment Programme (BEEP). 

Project Funder: DFID, UK

Survey Consultants: Private Enterprises Foundation (PEF)-Ghana, ISSER, University of Ghana, Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)-Ghana, Media (Joy and Adom)

P.I: Nana Osei-Bonsu

• Worked with the ISSER team, led by Prof. Felix Ankomah Asante on assessing the effectiveness of the Total Revenue Integrated Processing System (TRIPS) and the Integrated Tax Application and Payment Systems (iTaPS) App in tax administration in Ghana. This was to evaluate the potential impact of the transmission from paper-based revenue collection module to electronic-based module at the ports and at the domestic tax revenue offices in Ghana

November 2018 – May 2019

Principal Research Assistant: End-Line Survey of Cocoa Rehabilitation and Intensification Programme (CORIP). 

Project Funders: Solidaridad West Africa

Survey Consultant: ISSER, University of Ghana.

P.I: Dr. Richmond Atta-Ankomah

• Evaluated cocoa intervention programmes by Solidaridad across four selected cocoa regions in Ghana – Eastern, Western, Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo regions.

December 2018 – February 2019

Research Assistant: 5-Year Strategic Plan (2019 – 2024) for Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA). Project Funders: Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA)

Survey Consultants: University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), Legon.

P.I: Prof. Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah

• Provided research assistance in assessing the current state of GSA and helped develop a strategic medium-term plan that best fits the organization’s vision and mission in accelerating the water transport infrastructure in Ghana.

August 2018 – November 2018

Research Assistant: The Trade and Value Chains in Employment-Rich Activities (TRAVERA) project: A Survey of Selected Roots and Tubers Value Chain in Ghana.

Project Funders: ILO, Switzerland

Survey Consultant: ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon.

P.I: Prof. Felix Asante

• Worked on assessing the value chain of Yam, Cassava and Sweet Potato in Ghana in relation to its marketability, pricing, profitability and scaling.

August 2016 – September 2016

Enumerator: National Communications Project. ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon.

P.I: Prof. Robert Darko Osei

· Collection of household mobile network communication service provision data and the writing of field report.

August 2015 – September 2015

Field Supervisor: Public Expenditure and Implementation Review (PEIR). ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon.

P.I: Prof. Felix Asante

· Collection of health expenditure data at the facility level; data entry, team leader and writing of field report.