Publications
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 ]
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
Book Chapter
"External Economic Partners" in Positioning Africa to Claim the Post-COVID 21st Century, World Bank Publications, Chorching Goh, 2024 [Chapter] [Book ]
Work in Progress
The Long-Term Labor Market Effects of River Blindness Eradication in West Africa (with Justice Mensah)
The Evolution of Wage Gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa (with Andrew Dabalen)
Wages, Youth Employment and Manufacturing Work in Urban Africa (with K. Beegle and B. Dibba)
What Are the Returns to Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (with D. Kazibwe)
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. Nkansah).