Dr. Kwadwo Arhin

P.O. Box UP 1044, Kumasi, Ghana • +233 24 676 7908 • arhinkwadwo@gmail.com • karhin@aamusted.edu.gh

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Economics)

  • Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana

  • November 2023

  • Thesis: Studies on Health System Efficiency: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

• Master of Arts (Economics)

  • Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana

  • June 2010

  • Thesis: An Econometric Analysis of the Impact of Inflation on Economic Growth in Ghana (1965-2007)

• Bachelor of Education (Social Sciences)

  • University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

  • June 2006

  • First Class Honors

Fellowships

• Fellowship, Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA)

  • University of California, Berkeley, USA

  • January 2025 – June 2025

Professional Experience

• Lecturer / Senior Lecturer

  • Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED)

  • 2025 – Present

  • Responsibilities: Supervision, Research, Teaching, and Service.

• Senior Lecturer

  • Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)

  • 2024 – 2025

  • Responsibilities: Management, Supervision, Research, Teaching, and Service.

• Lecturer

  • Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)

  • 2016 – 2024

  • Responsibilities: Management, Supervision, Research, Teaching, and Service.

• Assistant Research Fellow

  • University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS)

  • 2015 – 2016

  • Responsibilities: Research, Teaching, Supervision, and Service.

• Tutor

  • Ghana Education Service (GES)

  • 2010 – 2015

• Budget Officer

  • Ghana Education Service (GES)

  • 2008 – 2010

Grants and Funding Received

• Project Title: Impact Evaluation of the Ghana Accountability Outcome Project

  • Role: Principal Investigator

  • Awarding Organization: Development Impact West Africa (DIWA)

  • Funding Organization: Hewlett Foundation

  • Grant Agreement No.: 2022-392/08

  • Award Reference Number: DRGCP20/05

  • Amount Awarded: $19,500

  • Period of Grant Award: October 16, 2023 – February 28, 2025

Publications and Research Activities

1. Arhin, K., Acheampong, K., & Frimpong, A. O. (2025). Benchmarking the performance of healthcare systems in the provision of childhood immunization services in sub-Saharan Africa from 2016 to 2019. Cogent Social Sciences, 11(1), 2471562.

2. Arhin K., & Asante-Darko D. (2023). Performance evaluation of national healthcare systems in the prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS ONE, 18(11): e0294653. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294653

3. Arhin, K., Oteng-Abayie, E. F., & Novignon, J. (2023). Effects of healthcare financing policy tools on health system efficiency: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa. Heliyon, 9(10), e20573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20573

4. Arhin, K., Oteng-Abayie, E.F., & Novignon, J. (2023). Cost efficiency of primary health care facilities in Ghana: stochastic frontier analysis. Discover Health Systems, 2, 31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44250-023-00044-8

5. Arhin K., Oteng-Abayie EF, & Novignon J. (2023). Assessing the efficiency of health systems in achieving the universal health coverage goal: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Health Economics Review, 13(1):25. doi: 10.1186/s13561-023-00433-y.

6. Acheampong, K., Frimpong, A. O., & Arhin, K. (2023). Effect of Foreign Capital Inflows on Domestic Credit to the Private Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Social Science Journal. http://doi.org/10.1111/issj.12411

7. Arhin, K., Frimpong, A. O., Boso, R., & Acheampong, K. (2023). A double bootstrap data envelopment analysis model for evaluating malaria spending efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa. Healthcare Analytics, 100137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.health.2023.100137.

8. Frimpong, A., Arhin, K., Boachie, M., & Acheampong, K. (2023). A gravity model approach to understanding the spread of pandemics: Evidence from the COVID-19 outbreak. Open Health, 4(1), 20220032. https://doi.org/10.1515/ohe-2022-0032

9. Arhin K., Frimpong AO, & Acheampong K. (2022). Effect of Primary Health Care Expenditure on Universal Health Coverage: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 14, 643-652. https://doi.org/10.2147/CEOR.S380900.

10. Arhin, K., & Frimpong, A. O. (2022). Assessing the Efficiency of Public Health and Medical Care Services in Curbing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Retrospective Study. Global Journal of Health Science, 14(4), 111. https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v14n4p111.

11. Frimpong, A.O., Arhin K., & Acheampong, K. (2022). Health systems resilience and endemic: evidence from the COVID-19 outbreak. Journal of Business and Professional Studies, 14(1), 54-66, Special Issue on COVID-19 pandemic.

References

• Professor Eric Fosu Oteng-Abayie

  • Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

  • Kumasi, Ghana

  • otengknust@aol.com

• Dr. Richard Boso

  • Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

  • Accra, Ghana

  • rboso@gimpa.edu.gh