Publications

•  Local Economic Effects of Natural Resources: Evidence from Ghana (with N. Tarui and T. Tanaka)  Journal of Development Studies

[Paper ] [SSRN Working Paper]

• Unconditional Cash Transfers and Energy Poverty in South Africa (with Isaac Koomson) - Energy Economics, September 2025  [Paper]

• Measuring Poverty in Tanzania: A Comparison of Diary and Recall (with A. Amankwah,  D. Johnson, M. Gyul, A. Palacious-Lopez)  - World Development Perspectives, September 2025  [Paper] [World Bank Policy Research Working Paper]

• The Effect of Early Life Care on Childhood Cognitive Development in Ghana - International Journal of Social Economics, July 2024  [Paper] [SSRN working paper]  

• Making Institutions Work from the Bottom Up in Africa (with Moussa Blimpo and Admasu Maruta) - Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. Oxford University Press, March 2022  [Paper]

• Electrification, Power Outages and Employment - Applied Economics and Finance, July 2020 [Paper ]

Book Chapter 

• "External Economic Partners" in Positioning Africa to Claim the Post-COVID 21st Century, World Bank Publications, Chorching Goh, 2024   [Chapter] [Book ]

 Working Papers 

• Local Economic Effects of Natural Resources: Evidence from Ghana (with N. Tarui and T. Tanaka)  [Paper ] [World Bank Report #133362] [SSRN Working Paper] (Revise & Resubmit)

• Application of Blockchain Technology in Adopting Renewable Energy: What are the Regulatory, Economic and Environmental Policy Implications in Africa? (with H. Abudu, S. Duah, Md A. Hossin,  R. Sai, J. Xede) [Paper] (Under Review)

• Female Education and Economic Development in South Asia

Work in Progress

• Beyond Health: The Long-Term  Labor Market Effects of River Blindness Control in West Africa (with Justice Mensah)

• Ride-Hailing and Jobs in Africa (with Justice Mensah, D. Kazibwe, M. Swalisu, I. K. Nunoo)

• Wages, Youth Employment and Manufacturing Work in Urban Africa (with K. Beegle and W. Cunningham) 

• What Are the Returns to Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (with D. Kazibwe)

• The Evolution of Wage Gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa (with Andrew Dabalen)

• Why is Covid-19 Fatality Rate Low in Africa? An Evaluation of the Role of Government Responses (with Moussa Blimpo and Aga)

• Long-Term Impacts of Childhood Shocks: Evidence from Ghana’s 1983 Drought

• Health and Labor Supply: Evidence from LEAP Cash Transfer Program (joint with K. Addo).