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Working Papers

2024

1. Global Value Chain Participation of Firms in West Africa: Empirical Insights from Ghana and Nigeria
   Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium

2023

2. Academic Mentoring Nature-Nurture Cycle: Some Insights from Own Experience
   Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute., African Governance and Development Institute.

2022

3. Agricultural risks, the COVID-19 pandemic, and farm household welfare and diversification strategies in Africa
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (1)

2021

4. Domestic Energy Consumption in Ghana: Deprivation versus Likelihood of Access
   Journal of Africa SEER Centre(ASC), Africa SEER Centre(ASC)
   Also in Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute., African Governance and Development Institute. (2021) View citations (3)
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2021) View citations (3)
   Working Papers, European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS) (2021) View citations (2)
   Research Africa Network Working Papers, Research Africa Network (RAN) (2021) View citations (3)
5. Smallholders in Agro-Industrial Production: Lessons from Rural Development at New Frontiers from a Comparative Analysis of Ghana’s and Indonesia’s Oil Palm Sectors
   2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual, International Association of Agricultural Economists
6. Threshold Effects of ICT Access and Usage in Burkinabe and Ghanaian Households
   Research Africa Network Working Papers, Research Africa Network (RAN) View citations (4)
   Also in Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute., African Governance and Development Institute. (2021) View citations (4)
   Working Papers, European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS) (2021) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Threshold effects of ICT access and usage in Burkinabe and Ghanaian households, Information Technology for Development, Taylor & Francis Journals (2022) View citations (4) (2022)

2020

7. Clean versus Dirty Energy: Empirical Evidence from Fuel Adoption and Usage by Households in Ghana
   Working Papers, European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS) View citations (9)
   Also in Research Africa Network Working Papers, Research Africa Network (RAN) (2020) View citations (9)
   Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute., African Governance and Development Institute. (2020) View citations (9)
8. ICT Adoption, Competition and Innovation of Informal Firms in West Africa: Comparative Study of Ghana and Nigeria
   Working Papers, European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS) View citations (2)
   Also in Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute., African Governance and Development Institute. (2020)
   Research Africa Network Working Papers, Research Africa Network (RAN) (2020) View citations (21)
   See also Journal Article ICT adoption, competition and innovation of informal firms in West Africa: a comparative study of Ghana and Nigeria, Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2020) View citations (9) (2020)

2019

9. Households’ ICT Access and Educational Vulnerability of Children in Ghana
   Research Africa Network Working Papers, Research Africa Network (RAN) View citations (3)
   Also in Working Papers, European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS) (2019) View citations (2)
10. Households’ ICT Access and Educational Vulnerability of Children in Ghana
    Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute., African Governance and Development Institute. View citations (6)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Energy consumption‐economic growth nexus: How does sectorial differentials affects sustainable development?
   Natural Resources Forum, 2024, 48, (2), 616-635 View citations (1)

2023

2. Analysing the socioeconomic characteristics of fisheries-dependent communities in the context of the blue economy in Ghana
   African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 2023, 15, (6), 779-795

2022

3. Assessing the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) program as a conditional income transfer: a search for a conceptual framework
   International Journal of Social Economics, 2022, 49, (4), 546-561
4. Smallholders in agro-industrial production: Lessons for rural development from a comparative analysis of Ghana’s and Indonesia’s oil palm sectors
   Land Use Policy, 2022, 119, (C) View citations (4)
5. Threshold effects of ICT access and usage in Burkinabe and Ghanaian households
   Information Technology for Development, 2022, 28, (3), 511-531 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Threshold Effects of ICT Access and Usage in Burkinabe and Ghanaian Households, Research Africa Network Working Papers (2021) View citations (4) (2021)

2021

6. Financial literacy, financial distress and socioeconomic characteristics of individuals in Ghana
   African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, 2021, 13, (1), 29-48 View citations (2)
7. Impact of ICT Adoption and Governance Interaction on Food Security in West Africa
   Sustainability, 2021, 13, (10), 1-11 View citations (8)

2020

8. ICT adoption, competition and innovation of informal firms in West Africa: a comparative study of Ghana and Nigeria
   Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, 2020, 14, (3), 397-414 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper ICT Adoption, Competition and Innovation of Informal Firms in West Africa: Comparative Study of Ghana and Nigeria, Working Papers (2020) View citations (2) (2020)

2019

9. Households' ICT access and bank patronage in West Africa: Empirical insights from Burkina Faso and Ghana
   Technology in Society, 2019, 56, (C), 116-125 View citations (44)

2018

10. ICT Usage, Mobile Money and Financial Access of Women in Ghana
    Africagrowth Agenda, 2018, 15, (1), 14-18 View citations (42)

Undated

11. Harmonizing Laws and Politics: Combating Environmental Pollution for Sustainable Development
    Politická ekonomie, preprint