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Our Eight Strategic Objectives 05

Advocacy and Extension 11

Research at ISSER 06

Snapshots of 2014/2015 18

Our Collaborators 19

List of Publications of fellows for the 2014/2015Academic year 22

ISSER’s Publications 20

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List of On-Going Projects 35

About ISSER 02

Statement from the Director 04

Teaching Programmes 10

Organogram of ISSER 34

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ISSERABOUT

Who we are

ISSER is a leading research institute that is committed to carrying out research and training that promotes the socio-economic development of Ghana and Africa. Established in 1962, ISSER has evolved into one of West Africa’s most respected institutes of research, known for applying academic skills to real-world challenges.

The Institute’s achievements in social science research, the high standard of its training programmes and the impact of its advocacy drives have earned for it a strong reputation and an enviable network of relationships in both national and international circles.

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VISIONTo be recognized globally for promoting knowledge for development through authoritative policy research, training and advocacy.

MISSIONISSER’s mission is to carry out activities that would promote the socio-economic development of Ghana in particular and

is expected to undertake research in the social sciences, and training that:

• Have immediate bearing on the problems and the development needs of Ghana in particular and Africa in general;

• Relate to special assignments for government and other agencies as a way of providing guidance, support and advice;

• Are in keeping with the academic purposes of the University especially in relation to advance teaching, enriching and adding of institutional programmes in the social sciences;

• Serve to monitor and evaluate the projects and programmes both in terms of their objectives and general consequences.

OUR VALUESOur values are fundamental to all activities and interactions, and are to describe the ethos and character of ISSER. These

ensure that everyone acts and behaves in a manner that supports the realization of the institute’s goals.

TEAMWORKWe will leverage each individual’s unique expertise to achieve the best results and respect the contributions of all.

CREDIBILITYWe will be thorough and sincere in all our work to ensure the accuracy and integrity of our outputs.

RESOURCEFULNESSWe will push ourselves to develop solutions in our work and continuously seek new opportunities.

RESPONSIVENESSWe will respond proactively to the changing dynamics and needs of our environment.

COMMITMENTWe will act in the best interest of the institute, holding ourselves accountable for our roles

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In several ways 2014-2015 was a year of exciting renaissance. We tenaciously followed our line of activities – research, publications, training and advocacy drives. Amongst others, we organised an international workshop on gender analysis and released two institutional publications including ‘The state of the Ghanaian economy report’, the launch of which was followed by a roadshow.

We pursued our new strategy (2014-2019), the old strategic plan (2010-2014) having been completed.

Changes currently on-going in the University of Ghana to transform it into a research-intensive university is stimulating. It is the institute’s aim to take a leadership position in this process.

One of the changes was the introduction of the Collegiate System which saw ISSER come under a Management Committee. The Committee was inaugurated in August 2014. It is a huge step towards enhancing good governance within our institution. We will strive to make it work.

As a research institution, we cherish the building

trained researchers.

We pride ourselves in working as a team with

manpower. In the light of this, we welcome into our fold Dr. Fred Dzanku with background in Agricultural Economics, Dr. Aba Crentsil with a

background in development planning and Dr Cynthia A. Tagoe with a background in Geography. Welcome into our fold.

As regards capacity development initiatives, we have instituted a capacity building programme

For the 2014/2015 academic year, both junior

to pursue approved professional development programmes of various kinds. New research fellows are consciously propped with well- targeted learning opportunities.

that an empowered human resource is our strongest bet for success.

These and many more developments happening here at ISSER are an indication that we are well on track towards achieving our strategic goals (2014-2019).

I wish to express my sincere thanks to our cherished partners and collaborators for their continued support.

form a great team. I encourage us all to continue to work as a team and to pursue excellence in every endeavour.

Statement from the DirectorProf. Felix Ankomah Asante

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ResearchPromote a research agenda that is forward-looking and relevant to the development of Ghana

Evaluative thinkingConsciously promote evaluative thinking throughout the Institute

Training Ensure the sustained relevance of teaching and learning programmes to meet the demands of the job market

Dissemination and AdvocacyBe proactive and strategic in information dissemination and policy advocacy

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ProcessesWe will review and implement processes that facilitate research training and advocacy

Financial management

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Key Findings

spending directed towards climate action is not labelled as ‘Climate Finance’. There is no mention in the National Climate Change Policy (NCCP) of how funds will be raised to deliver on the plan outlined in the policy document and no process outlined to ensure transparency and accountability. Additionally, there is also no

spending across government.

The study noted that climate change is not a primary objective for the majority of climate related spending and awareness of the NCCP and issues relating to climate change vary across government institutions.

Undoubtedly, climate change is a new area of

on people’s lives in Ghana. While the National Climate Change Policy (NCCP) of Ghana was launched in July 2014, at present, however, there is a limited understanding on what the cost of responding to climate change will be in Ghana. Similarly, there is little knowledge of current spending on climate change related activities in the country.

On the backdrop of these gaps, the ‘Climate

• Review public spending on activities that are related to climate change, and to assess the extent to which this expenditure responds to existing policy and institutional demands.

Climate Change Finance in Ghana

The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research and Overseas Development Institute (ODI), in collaboration with Ghana’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) held an end-of- study workshop to share

integrated in Ghana’s national budget and to identify spending that could be categorised as climate

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• Unravel how climate change-relevant expenditure passes through the budgetary system in response to national policy setting. • Assist in the mapping of a strategic

promotes a whole-of-government approach to climate change actions through the use of country systems.

As a methodological approach, the study used the well-tested analytical framework

ODI. This framework embodies a hierarchy of principles, criteria and indicators to measure

and expenditure.

Thus, using this framework, the study was undertaken at both the National and Sub-national levels. Keta Municipal Assembly and Atiwa District Assembly were used as case studies for the sub-national level analysis.

Public Expenditure and Implementation Review (PEIR) of the Health SectorThe Ghanaian health system is one which has made good progress towards universal health coverage, notably in the introduction of a national health insurance scheme.

However, it also faces considerable challenges

bridge the equity gap. Most importantly, there

weak capacity to mobilize extra resources in support of the goal of universal health coverage.

gap.

In supporting the Government of Ghana (GoG) to assist in developing the response to these challenges the Ministry of Health (MoH) found it expedient to conduct a Public Expenditure and Implementation Review (PEIR). The PIER was to provide a comprehensive analysis of public sector spending and outcomes and provide information on the public-private mix of goods and service provision. It was also to cover public expenditure priorities, which is the link between expenditure inputs and outcomes, and public sector institutional arrangements.

spending and improving related outcomes in the health sector. The focus of the Public Expenditure and Implementation Review is to provide a broad overview of the sector to assist on its journey towards Universal Health

enable valid conclusions to be drawn.

It will also complement the Health Sector Medium Term Development Plan (HSMTDP) and other key documents for the MoH and the wider health sector in the next 3-5 years.

the sources and available funding to the health sector. The purpose of this expenditure tracking survey is to allow further consideration of the

impact of availability of funds on individual health care facilities and the services which are

Quantitative Baseline and Follow-Up Surveys for the Impact Evaluation of the LEAP 1000 UNICEF Ghana contracted ISSER to conduct a quantitative baseline and follow-up surveys to collect data for the impact evaluation of the

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LEAP1000 initiative in Ghana. LEAP1000 is a social cash transfer program targeted to pregnant women and mothers of children under one year.

LEAP1000 is a collaborative initiative between the MoGCSP, UNICEF-Ghana and USAID who have entered into an agreement to extend the existing LEAP programme. They intend to

households that are missed in the current LEAP targeting approach.

This is conceived against the backdrop of evidence that shows that almost all stunting takes place before a child’s second birthday - a

days (from conception to 24 months).

Furthermore this is anchored on the proven impacts that a social protection intervention may have on poverty and malnutrition in a child’s very early years.

LEAP1000 is being piloted in a total of ten districts in Northern Ghana (three districts in Upper East region and seven districts in Northern region). It aims to target 6,000 households with pregnant women and infants. The districts have been selected based on USAID’s Strengthening Partnerships, Results and Innovations in

gnisu evitaitinI )GNIRPS( yllabolG noitirtuNthe criteria of the proportion of the highest populations of poor people in Ghana that also have a high incidence of poor nutrition.

the typical LEAP households. As is to be expected given the targeting criterion for LEAP 1000, these households are much younger with many more pre-school children, more prime-age adults and fewer elderly household members compared to typical LEAP households. For example, 26 per cent of LEAP 1000 household residents are under age 5 years compared to only 9 per cent in LEAP.

On the other hand almost 25 per cent of LEAP households are age 60+ compared to only 5 per cent in LEAP 1000 households. LEAP 1000

4 members on average) compared to only 9 per cent in LEAP.

Communities within the ten districts are targeted based on existing poverty rankings established at district level. Poverty rankings of communities are based on the criteria and knowledge of the district assembly. These are

Chief Executives. However, priority is given to the poorest communities which are not already covered by LEAP (i.e. non-LEAP).

If the allocated number of households per district cannot be reached by targeting non-LEAP communities only, the programme will also target non-LEAP households in the poorest LEAP communities.

Compression and Control: Governing Resources, Quality, and Commodity Chains in Ghana’s Shea SectorThis project is the result of previous studies on the value chain of shea, mango and cashew in the

that the shea nut commodity chain, induced by global market pressure - is undergoing the largest changes.

While it was worthwhile to create an overview over the three main non-traditional export crops

si ti taht raelc emoceb sah ti ,anahG nrehtroN nithe important dynamics that unfold in global

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of the cultural nuances that structure rural economies but how the proliferation of development agencies working towards rural

improve livelihoods.

The project highlights three potential areas of research interest: Firstly an improved understanding of how formal and informal land tenure system interact and more importantly how informal land tenure arrangements in rural societies permit or not permit equal resource access.

Secondly a closer look into product quality in order to understand how local women are enduring the fast technological changes. Finally, a deeper understanding of whether the women have been able to engage with the new dynamics in the value chain and take advantage of the opportunities in premium prices

The Project is undertaken by the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) in collaboration with the Centre for Research Development (ZEF) Bonn, Germany with funding from the Volkswagen Foundation. It is to be undertaken within 3 years and it is expected to be completed by August 2018.

markets between transnational companies and local producers.

Data collected from Ghana and Europe shows that the market for the sector is experiencing not only fast growth but also providing shea producers with both new constraints and new opportunities such that the hype for value addition has resulted in new practices and new trading systems.

These are taking place among actors whose economic activities and access to resources especially land are guided by entrenched cultural structures that prevents equal access.

on local women to produce high quality goods for higher prices. However, within the cultural setting, women’s access to land does not necessarily guarantee them access to its natural resources.

Additionally, the high demand for quality standards at the global level has led to restructuring and new trading arrangement

sourcing and product traceability systems. These developments imply that local women will have to adapt to the changing trends to meet buyers’ requirements in order to be integrated in the international market.

To understand these dynamics, the study will be contextualized within the framework of formal and informal institutions guiding land tenure systems particularly customary arrangements and the concepts underpinning quality standards.

Aim of the projectGiven the unfolding trends, we would argue that a more careful exploration of the dynamics in the shea value chain is important to gain better insights and make meaningful contributions for

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TEACHING PROGRAMMES

MA/Mphil Development Studies Programmes - ISSERReport For 2014/2015 Academic Year

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MA Development Studies Programme. Together, ten (10) courses were run in the

two semesters, comprising six and four core and elective courses respectively. Development Training Workshops I and II, which are ran in semester one and two respectively, took place in Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Ga East, and Awutu Senya East Municipalities.

At the end of the academic year July 2015, thirteen (13) students were able to submit their dissertations for examination, with six of them going into extension. Between October and December 2015, four of those who went into extension submitted their dissertations, while two were to submit at the time of writing this report.

So far, the results of seven (7) of the seventeen (17) dissertations submitted have been determined by the Academic Board, with 6 passing, subject to corrections.

In the 2014/2015 academic year, there were six MPhil students on the MPhil Development Studies Programme at ISSER, who had enrolled in previous academic years. Two candidates that graduated in the course of the academic year.

PhD Programme In August 2014, seven Ghanaians and a Ugandan were admitted to the 2014/2015 academic year under the Ghanaian-German Division for Development Studies (GGDDS) programme to pursue PhD in Development Studies at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic

female and three males.

This brought to thirty the total number of PhD students who registered for the 2014/2015 academic year.

travelled to Germany in May 2015 for two months summer school at the Centre for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn.

Five students defended their theses and graduated from the University. The following are the names of the students who graduated and their theses titles:

smallholder horticultural farmers in Ghana (November 2014).

• Dr. Philip Mantey: Forest Resource Importance and Dependence among Rural House Holds in Southern Ghana (November 2014).

• Dr. Robert Afutu Kotey: Youth Livelihoods and Entrepreneurship in the Mobile Telephony Sector in the Greater Accra Metropolitan area (April 2015).

• Dr. George Adiah: Inequality of opportunity and children’s educational and health outcomes in Ghana (May 2015).

• Dr. Daniella Sedegah: Demand Responsive

Management of Water Facilities in the Shai-Osudoku District (June 2015).

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ADVOCACY AND EXTENSION

Tengagement that provided it with the platform not only to share knowledge and information, but to listen to and learn form its stakeholders and partners. These engagements have provided

opportunity for rigorous debate about important development issues – debate that help not only to uncover fresh information but also to illuminate alternative solutions.

The Institute was host to many visitors – including the media many of whom consider ISSER as the ‘go to’ organisation when it comes to objective edible and credible information on social and economic issues. The public, private organisations, partners and individuals have the same attractiveness towards ISSER on similar basis. This informs their continued engagement in and work with the Institute on an-going basis.

Researchers of the Institute, on their part, continue to avail themselves for external events and

engage in programmes.

Major advocacy and extension activities in 2014/2015 are represented, in brief below:

opportunity to ask questions and interact with researchers and writers of the report.

Speakers at the event lauded ISSER for the consistency and rigour with which it carries out its research work. As a result, the Institute

institutes which epitomize the research focus of the University of Ghana.

Launch of Ghana Social Development Outlook 2014Prof. Ernest Aryeetey, Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana launched the Ghana Social Development Outlook 2014, the second of such report in the series.

The report analyses policy decisions and their

recommendations. It was produced by the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER).

The Head of the Social Division of ISSER and Coordinator of the report, Rev. Dr. Yaa Adobea Owusu presented the overview of the 12-chapter report. Her presentation highlighted social development topics – Education, Population, Health, Sanitation and Water, Housing, Work and Employment, Land, Energy, Security, Social Relations, Governance, and Environment – discussed in detail by the various chapters.

Presentation of the overview was followed by discussions, which gave participants the

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Development Policy Practice Talk on Food Marketing and Poverty Alleviation

Talk (DPPT ) has been held at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER).

It was the brain-child of the University of Ghana’s Development Policy Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation (DPPME) Centre of Excellence. The theme was ‘Food Marketing and Poverty Alleviation’.

He explained that consumers’ tastes and preferences – as regards the health attributes, quality, sustainability, authenticity and convenience of products – were becoming increasingly sophisticated and complex, making it imperative for players in the food chain to reassess their roles, particularly investing in consumer research and creating linkages with other members of the chain.

Meeting of Regional Partners in Evaluative ResearchThe Measurement, Learning and Evaluation (MLE) Unit of ISSER held a meeting with regional partners to share knowledge and best practices in MLE and map out plans for future

day event held at ISSER was attended by various institutions that either implement or conduct impact evaluation of development projects in West Africa.

It comprised presentations that sought to deepen participants’ understanding of the role and operations of the ISSER MLE unit, the role of MLE in evidence-based decision making, tools and best practices in MLE and the application

of CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interviews) for survey research.

There were also sessions of practical application of MLE tools. Presenters at the meeting included: Prof. Felix Asante, Director of ISSER; Prof. Chris Udry, Yale

Prof. Klaus Grunert, of the department of Business Administration, University of Aarhus, Denmark and Director of MAPP Centre for Research on Customer Relations in the food Sector, who spoke at the seminar treated the over 50 participants to an instructive presentation.

He expatiated on current trends on the world food market, and their implications for actors of the food-chain.

Prof. Grunert noted that developments on the world food market have heightened the need to compete by creating more customer value.

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University, Dr. Isaac Osei- Akoto and Dr. Robert Darko Osei, both Senior Research Fellows of ISSER and MLE Advisors of the Unit.

Participating countries and institutions represented at the meeting were Ghana (ISSER, UDS, World Cocoa Foundation), Niger (Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique duNiger - INRAN), Nigeria (National Root Crops Research Institute), Mali (Groupe de Recherche en Économie Appliquée et Théorique- GREAT), Burkina Faso (National Institute of Statistics and Demography-INSD) and Cote d’Ivoire (World Cocoa Foundation).

Dissemination Workshop – GENDA Project

A dissemination workshop has been held to share with stakeholders key issues and recommendations of a two-year IDRC-funded research project – The GENDA PROJECT.

The project sought to give better understanding of the nature, role and dynamism of micro, small and medium enterprises, and entrepreneurship in Africa.

It is a cross country project, implemented simultaneously in three countries: Ghana, Kenya and Uganda. The Ghana project was launched on May 31, 2013 and has been conducted over the last two years by a collaborative research team from the University of Ghana.

The team is made up of Dr. Charles Ackah, ISSER (lead investigator), Ms. Abena Oduro, Economics Department, University of Ghana (co-investigator), Dr. Nkechi Owoo, Economics Department, University of Ghana (co-investigator) and Dr. George Domfe, CSPS, University of Ghana (co-investigator).

The workshop was opened by Prof. Felix Asante, Director of ISSER and chaired by Prof. John Gyapong, Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana.

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2015 Think Tank Global Exchange ProgrammeThe Director of ISSER, Prof. Felix Asante and Dr. Cynthia Tagoe (research fellow), joined representatives of 43 think tanks from Africa, South Asia and Latin America – grantees of the Think Tank Initiative – and research- to-policy stakeholders for the 2015 Think Tank (TTI) Exchange Programme. It was organized by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

The event was held in Istanbul, Turkey under the theme “Research Quality: Approaches, Outreach and Impact” It provided a global platform for participants to share

knowledge, experiences and challenges in research. This was also an opportunity to network and foster collaborations.

Shea as Agricultural Cash Crop in GhanaFindings of a recent study have raised questions about the economic potential of shea to lift rural women out of poverty.

This came to light during a presentation made by Dr Martha Awo research fellow of ISSER at a dissemination workshop held in Tamale.

Her presentation was titled ‘Shea in Ghana: understanding the opportunities, challenges and the implications of engaging shea producers in global value chains’ and it was based on the project ‘Value Chains, Peasants Autonomy and Capture in Times of Increasing integration of Global Food Markets’.

She argued that contrary to the often romanticized accounts of shea’s ability to

study point to a trade that is hardly equitable, a trade in which the rural woman, for all the time and labour she invests to garner and process

,tropxe rof dna tekram lacol eht rof stiurf aehsmakes very minimal earnings.

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Electricity Insecurity and Its Impact on the Economy of Ghana

The Economy of Ghana Network (EGN) of ISSER, organized a workshop on the theme “Electricity Inadequacy and its Impact on the Economy of

studies conducted under the Public Sector thematic area of the EGN.

Discussion HighlightsA study titled “Electricity inadequacy and its Impact on Micro and Small Businesses in Ghana” – presented by Dr. Charles Ackah, Head of the Economics Division of ISSER, investigated 350 electricity dependent micro and small enterprises (MSEs).

The study showed that one third of the sample indicated that electricity supply was inadequate for their business. It was found that this power

percent.

He further argued that considering the fact that about 90 percent of businesses in Ghana are MSEs, that they provide two-thirds of jobs in Ghana and that only one in every

poor electricity supply is considered a major constraint to business operations.

Dr. Charles Ackah revealed that presently, on average, the nation is losing about US$ 2.2 million per day or US$ 686.4 million annually that translate into 2 percent of annual GDP on account of the energy crisis alone.

Mr. Ismael Ackah, Head of the Policy Unit of the Africa Centre of Energy Policy (ACEP), presenting on the topic “Ghana’s Power Crises: The Hype, The Hope and the Reality,” noted that Ghana requires about $4 billion in the electricity sector over the next 10 years to make up for past

*The study, “Electricity insecurity and its Impact on Micro and Small Businesses in Ghana” is part of the larger Gender and Enterprise Development in Africa (GENDA) Survey (2014), in which 1,250 MSEs (including 350 electricity dependent MSEs) were surveyed across all the 10 regions of Ghana.

Health, Care and Well-Being in GhanaThe Economy of Ghana Network (EGN) of ISSER has organized a workshop under the Public Health and Population thematic area, on the theme “Health, Care and Wellbeing in Ghana”.

It aimed to explore the socio-economic impact on families who give non-medical care to relatives battling with cancer, and societal attitudes towards People Living with HIV (PLHIV).

It stressed on the essential need to start a conversation that will draw the nation’s

attention to the challenges that these conditions portend for victims and their families.

There were two main presentations themed – “Care for Cancer Patients in Accra” by Dr. Deborah Atobrah, and “Experiences after Testing HIV Positive” by Dr. Ben Kwansa, both researchers of the Institute of African Studies and members of the Public Health and Population thematic area of the EGN.

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Ghana’s Sixth Non-Partisan District Assembly ElectionDr Emmanuel Debrah, Head of the Political Science Department, College of Humanities of the University of Ghana, has stated that contrary to theoretical assumptions in support of non-partisan local government elections, citizens’ interest and participation in non-partisan local government elections has always been low going by the several rounds of local government elections held so far as compared with partisan general elections.

He was speaking at a workshop organised by the Economy of Ghana Network (EGN) of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER). It was under the theme: Ghana’s Sixth Non-Partisan District Assembly Elections.

He postulated that while the latter is reported to record as much as 70 percent citizen participation, the former has recorded performance levels as low as 30 to 40 percent.

Ghana’s Upstream Petroleum SectorThe Economy of Ghana Network convened a workshop on the theme “Upstream Petroleum Sector: the Challenges and Prospects for the Ghanaian Economy” during the year under review at the ISSER Conference, centre.

Dr. Joseph Kwadwo Asenso, of the Real Sector Division, Ministry of Finance, presented a paper under the theme – “Upstream Petroleum Sector: the Challenges and Prospects for the Ghanaian Economy”.

The workshop recommended, among other things, that the national economic agenda should continue to support the development of other viable sectors such as agriculture, the manufacturing industry, tourism and mining.

It noted that it was important to diversify Ghana’s sources of income and export base, in

The presentation further highlighted the fact that non-partisan local level elections encourage personality rather than being issue-oriented campaigns. Furthermore it enforces local cleavages.

order to ensure that oil proceeds do not crowd out other viable sectors.

Additionally, Government expenditure should be checked and de-linked from oil revenue in-

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ISSER/ IFPRI Roundtable Discussion on Youth, Employment and Agriculture

Launch of the State of the Ghanaian Economy 2014

The Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) held a roundtable discussion on the theme: Youth, Employment and Agriculture.

The round table, held at the ISSER conference Centre, gathered experts including academicians, researchers, students, policy makers and civil society to deliberate on how Ghana can realize the prospects of agriculture.

Main topics discussedPanel presentations examined critical questions such as: the dynamics of the Ghanaian labour market; the perceptions and aspirations of the youth; how agriculture can provide the kind of lifestyle that usually attracts the youth to urban areas and the

considered were global best practices.

The Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) launched the 24th edition of its

Economy Report (SGER) 2014.

The SGER has remained one of the most comprehensive, and credible sources of informed analysis on the Ghanaian economy – a valuable resource to guide government and high level policy makers in the public and private sector, civil society, bilateral and multilateral partners and academicians among others.

The 2014 report was launched by Mr. Ebenezer

Telecommunications Company MTN. The Special Guest for the occasion was Mr. Kojo Aboagye –Debrah the Deputy Managing Director of BSIC Ghana Ltd trading as Sahel Sahara Bank.

A roadshow was subsequently carried out in

Mr. Ebenezer Asante launched SGER 2014

Ghanaians outside the capital city of Accra to engage with ISSER Researchers on the state of our economy and infrastructure in the western Region.

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The publication of this book has been inspired by Ghana’s status as an emerging oil economy. It draws on lessons from other oil economies

for development.

in the oil industry. Some of the topics discussed are: oil and structural transformation; the nature of the oil industry in Ghana; experiences in managing oil issues; the macroeconomic implication of oil booms and its lessons for Ghana; oil and Ghana: monetary management with capital

Ghana; oil and Ghana’s development; some global lessons in governance and institution building; oil economy and the resource curse syndrome:

for local and regional development.

The book notes that transforming the economy with the help of the oil reserves requires the right policies to create the enabling environment,

enforcement.

It cautions that oil is an exhaustible resource and will be exhausted unless extraordinary steps are taken to limit production. It says that it

structural transformation of other sectors of the economy to ensure all

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ISSER’s PUBLICATIONS

The Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) on

– the State of the Ghanaian Economy Report (SGER) 2014.

The SGER has remained one of the most comprehensive, and credible sources of informed analysis on the Ghanaian economy – a valuable resource to guide government and high level policy makers in the public and private sector, civil society, bilateral and multilateral partners, academicians, among others.

It has since 1992 served as an independent report to bridge the information and knowledge gap on key economic and development issues facing the

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This edition of the Ghana Social Development Outlook(GSDO) is the second in a series, following the maiden one published in 2013. The main objective of the GSDO is to provide a critical and timely document which captures and discusses pressing social issues in Ghana at the time of writing.

Thus, it seeks to aid the development of Ghana. Among other things, it seeks to be informational, and also to provide a document for the policy debates and related actions that will move Ghana forward on its development agenda. The GSDO also provides the much needed context-relevant and timely information and course material for teaching development-related social issues in Ghana.

revenue mobilization in development. The 14 chapter Report is divided into two parts – Mobilizing Local Finance for Development and Investment Climate for Domestic Resource Mobilization – with each chapter dealing

mobilization; trends in domestic savings mobilization; how to reach the un-banked through rural banks and micro credit; and domestic resource mobilization through capital markets. Other issues discussed

social responsibility and development; macroeconomic performance and

gender mainstreaming and DRM.

There is a demonstrated relationship between health and development. Health status, as measured by factors such as life expectancy, infant mortality, crude death rate, fertility, and net child nutritional status of the population, is closely linked to the welfare and development of the nation. For this reason, the importance of prioritizing healthcare as a means of attaining development cannot be overstated.

that sought to concentrate research and political attention on health as a fundamental determinant of development in Ghana.

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List of Publications of Fellows for the 2014 / 2015

Academic Year

Professor Felix Ankomah AsanteBookAsante, F. A., Owusu, A. Y. and Ahiadeke, C. (2014). Placing Health at the Centre of Development. Published by Sub-Saharan Publishers. ISBN: 978-9964-75-096-1.

Book ChaptersAsante, F. A. and Owusu, P. (2014). Oil and Ghana’s Development: Some Global Lessons in Governance and Institution Building. In E. Aryeetey, R. Osei & P. Quartey (editors), Managing Ghana’s Oil Boom for Structural Transformation, Sub-Saharan Publishers. ISBN: ISBN: 978-9964-75-092-3.

Owusu, G. and Asante, F. A. (2014). District Assembly Financing of Local Level Development. In Quartey P, Aryeetey E.B., and Ackah, C., (eds), Domestic Resource Mobilization for Inclusive Development, Sub-Sahara Publishers, Accra, Ghana. ISBN: ISBN: 978-9964-75-094-7.

Asante, F. A., Poku, R. A., Owusu, A. Y. and Zekeng, L. (2014). Economic Burden of HIV Infection on Households in Ghana. In Asante F. A., Owusu, A. Y. and Ahiadeke, C. (eds), Placing Health at the Centre of Development, Sub-Sahara Publishers, Accra, Ghana. ISBN: 978-9964-75-096-1.

Journal ArticlesAsante, F. A, Awo, M. A. and Agyei-Sasu, F. (2015). Cost-pricing of Fertilizer and its Challenges in a Subsidized Market: The Case of Ghana. Ghana Social Science Journal, 12(1).

Arndt, C., Asante, F. A. and Thurlow, J. (2015). Implications of Climate Change for Ghana’s Economy. Sustainability, 7, 7214-7231.

Fenny, A. P., Asante, F. A., Enemark, U., and Hansen, K. S. (2015). Malaria Care Seeking Behaviour of Individuals in Ghana under the NHIS: Are we back to the Use of informal care? BMC Public Health, 15(370). DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1696-3.

Kusi A, Enemark U, Hansen K. S, Asante, F. A. (2015). Refusal to enrol in Ghana’s National Health

10.1186/s12939-014-0130-2.

Asante, F. A. and Amuakwa-Mensah, F. (2015). Climate Change and Variability in Ghana: Stocktaking. Climate, 3(1), 78-99. DOI: 10.3390/cli3010078.

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Fenny, A. P., Asante, F. A., Enemark, U., and Hansen, K. S. (2015). Treatment-Seeking Behaviour and Social Health Insurance in Africa: the Case of Ghana under the National Health Insurance Scheme. Global Journal of Health Science, 7(1).

Parmar, D., Williams, G., Dkhimi, F., Ndiaye, A., Asante, F. A., Arhinful, D. K., Mladovsky, P. (2014). Enrolment of older people in social health protection programs in West Africa – Does social exclusion play a part? Social Science & Medicine, Volume 119, 36-44.

Quarmine, W., Haagsma, R., Huis, A., Sakyi-Dawson, O., Obeng-Ofori, D. and Asante, F. (2014). Did the Price-Related Reforms in Ghana’s Cocoa Sector Favour Farmers? International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 12(3), 248-262.

Fenny, A. P., Enemark, U., Asante, F. A. and Hansen, K. (2014). Quality of Uncomplicated Malaria Case Management in Ghana among Insured and Uninsured Patients. International Journal for equity in Health, 13 (63).

Fenny, A. P., Enemark, U., Asante, F. A. and Hansen, K. (2014). Patient Satisfaction with Primary Health Care – A Comparison between Insured and Non-insured under the National Health Insurance Policy of Ghana. Global Journal of Health Science, 6(4).

Professor Kwabena Asomanin AnamanBookAnaman, K. A. (2014). Research Methods in Economics and Other Social Sciences Second Edition. Saarbrucken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing, viii + 131 pp., ISBN 978-3-659-58362-9.

Book ChapterAnaman, K. A. (2015). “The Comparative Performance of State-Owned Enterprises Listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange”, in George Owusu, Robert D. Osei and Felix A. Asante (eds.), Contemporary Development Policies and Practices: A Reader, ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, pp. 112-120.

Journal ArticlesTwerefou, D. K., Appiah-Konadu, P. and Anaman, K. A. (2015). “Impact of International Trade on the Quality of the Natural Environment: A Case Study of Ghana from 1970 to 2010”, Ghana Social Science Journal, 12(1), pp. 1-21.

Anaman, K. A. and Nyadzi, W. B. (2015). “Analysis of Improper Disposal of Solid Wastes in a Low-Income Area of Accra, Ghana”, Applied Economics and Finance, 2(1), pp. 66-75.

Anaman, K. A. and Aboagye, A. A. (2014). “Perceived Causes and Impacts of Buruli Ulcer and Societal

Ghana”, Pyrex Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, 1(2), pp. 13-22.

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Professor William F. SteelBook ChaptersSteel, W. F. and Tornyie, B. B. (2014). “Banking the Un-Banked: Susu Savings and Credit Scheme in Rural Banks,” Chapter 4 in Domestic Resource Mobilisation for Inclusive Development in Ghana, Peter Quartey, Ellen Bortei-Doku Aryeetey and Charles G. Ackah, eds., Legon, Ghana: Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER).

Steel, W. F. (2014). “Trends in Ghana’s Rural and Micro Finance Industry, 2006-12,” Chapter 2 in GHAMFIN,

and Comparative Performance 2008-11, Accra: Ghana Microf- inance Institutions Network (GHAMFIN).

Journal ArticleSteel, W. F., Ujoranyi, T. D. and Owusu, G. (2014). “Why Evictions Do Not Deter Street Traders: Case Study in Accra, Ghana,” Ghana Social Science Journal, 11(2), 52-76.

Professor Augustin K. FosuBookFosu, A. K. (ed.) (2015). Growth and Institutions in African Development, Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge Publishing, 376 pages.

Book ChaptersFosu, A. K. (2015). “Growth and Institutions in African Development,” in A. K. Fosu, ed., Growth and Institutions in African Development, Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge Publishing. Chapter 1, pp. 1-17.

Fosu, A. K. and Ogunleye, E. R. (2015). “African Growth Strategies: The Past, Present, and Future,” in Monga, C. and J. Y. Lin (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics, Volume 2: Policies and Practices, Oxford, U.K., Oxford University Press. Chapter 1, pp. 23-38.

Journal ArticleFosu, A. K. (2015). “Editorial,” Journal of African Trade, 1(1), Elsevier, pp. 1-3.Fosu, A. K. (2015). “Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Progress in a Global Context,” Oxford Development Studies. 43(1), 44-59.

Working PaperFosu, A. K. (2014). “Growth, Inequality, and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Progress in a Global Context,” CSAE Working Paper Series 2014-17, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.

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Professor Peter QuarteyBooksQuartey, P., Aryeetey, E. B., and Ackah, C. (eds) (2014). Domestic Resource Mobilization for Inclusive Development, Sub-saharan Africa Publishers, Accra, Ghana. ISBN: ISBN: 978-9964-75-094-7.

Aryeetey, E., Osei, R. D. and Quartey, P. (eds) (2014). Managing Ghana’s Oil Boom for Structural Transformation, Sub-saharan Africa Publishers, Accra, Ghana. ISBN: 978-9964-75-092-3.

Twerefou, D., Quartey, P., Boakye-Yiadom, L., and Baah-Boateng, W. (eds) (2014). Readings in Key Economic Issues in Ghana, University of Ghana Readers, Digibooks Publishers, ISBN: 978-9988-1-9154-2.

Book Chapters

Devarajan, S. (eds), The Macroeconomics of Africa’s Recent Growth, The World Bank, Washington DC.

Lin, J. (eds), Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics, Volume 2: Policies and Practices, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 978-0-19-968710-7.

Quartey, P., and Prah, F. (2014). Trends in Domestic Savings in Ghana, in Quartey, P., Aryeetey, E. B., and Ackah, C., (eds) (2014), Domestic Resource Mobilization for Inclusive Development, Sub-saharan Africa Publishers, Accra, Ghana, ISBN: 978-9964-75-094-7.

in Aryeetey, E., Osei, R. D. and Quartey, P. (eds) (2014), Managing Ghana’s Oil Boom for Structural Transformation, Sub-saharan Africa Publishers, Accra, Ghana, ISBN: 978-9964-75-092-3.

Osei, R. D., and Quartey, P. (2014). Economic Growth, Poverty and Structural Transformation in Ghana, in Twerefou, D., Quartey, P., Boakye-Yiadom, L., and Baah-Boateng, W. (eds) (2014), Readings in Key Economic Issues in Ghana, University of Ghana Readers, Digibooks Publishers, ISBN: 978-9988-1-9154-2.

Journal ArticlesGaddah, M., Munro, A., and Quartey, P. (2015). Education Subsidy and School Enrollments in Rural Ghana, International Journal of Educational Development, Vol. 46; Pp. 143-152.

stochastic frontier model, Cogent Economics and Finance, Vol. 3, Issue 1. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2015.1124741. Pp. 1-10.

Gaddah, M., Munro, A., and Quartey, P. (2015). The Demand for Public Health Care and the Progressivity of Health Care Services in Ghana, African Development Review, Vol. 27, No. 2. Pp.79-91.

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Quartey, P., and Adamba, C. (2015). Inter-linkages between International and Internal Remittances and Financial Sector Development in Ghana, International Journal of Economics and Business Research, Vol. 10 (3), Pp. 229-242.

Quartey P., Danquah, M. and Kunawotor, M. E. (forthcoming). Sources of Retirement Income Among Formal Sector Workers in Ghana, African Journal of Economics and Management Studies.

Trends, Review of Development Finance, Vol. 4 (2), Pp. 115-125

Gadah, M., Munro, A. and Quartey, P. (2014). The Rich or the Poor: Who Gains from Public Education Spending in Ghana? International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 42 (2); Pp. 112-131.

Migration Management, International Journal of Economics and Business Research, Vol. 7 No. 5, pp. 21-31.

Working PaperQuartey, P. (2014). How do we Increase the Share of Aid to Agriculture in Africa? UNU-WIDER Working Paper No. WP/2014/022, Helsinki, Finland.

Professor Dzodzi TsikataBooksHall, R., Scoones, I. and Tsikata, D. (eds.) (2015). Africa’s Land Rush: Implications for Rural Livelihoods and Agrarian Change, Boydell and Brewer Ltd, Martlesham.

Rodriguez, C., Tsikata, D. and Ampofo, A. A. (eds.) (2015). Transatlantic Feminisms: Women and Gender Studies in Africa and the Diaspora, Lexington Books, Lanham.

Book ChaptersRodriguez, C. R., Tsikata, D. and Ampofo, A. A. (2015). “Introduction: Collaborative Traditions and Transcontinental Connections” in Cheryl Rodriguez, Dzodzi Tsikata and Akosua Adomako Ampofo (eds.), Transatlantic Feminisms: Women and Gender Studies in Africa and the Diaspora, Lexington Books, Lanham.

Tsikata, D. (2015). “Like Your Own Child? Employers’ Perspectives and Domestic Work Relations in Ghana”, in Cheryl Rodriguez, Dzodzi Tsikata and Akosua Adomako Ampofo (eds.), Transatlantic Feminisms: Women and Gender Studies in Africa and the Diaspora, Lexington Books, Lanham.

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Hall, R., Scoones, I. and Tsikata, D. (2015). “Introduction”, in Ruth Hall, Ian Scoones and Dzodzi Tsikata (eds.) Africa’s Land Rush: Implications for Rural Livelihoods and Agrarian Change, Boydell and Brewer Ltd, Martlesham.

Yaro, J. A. and Tsikata, D. (2015). “Transnational Land Deals, Livelihoods and Agrarian Change in Ghana” in Ruth Hall, Ian Scoones and Dzodzi Tsikata, (eds.) Africa’s Land Rush: Implications for Rural Livelihoods and Agrarian Change, Boydell and Brewer Ltd, Martlesham.

Journal ArticleTsikata, D. and Darkwah, A. K. (2014). ‘Researching Empowerment: On Methodological Innovations, Pitfalls and Challenges’ Women’s Studies International Forum (WSIF) 45, pp81-89.

Technical PaperBritwum, A., Tsikata, D., Akorsu, A., and Ako, M. (2014). Gender and Land Tenure in Ghana: A Synthesis of the Literature, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research Technical Publication No. 92, Legon.

Working PaperTsikata, D. (2015). The Social Relations of Agrarian Change. IIED Working Paper. IIED, London. http://pubs.iied.org/17278IIED, ISBN 978-1-78431-129-2.

Scoones, I., Smalley, R., Hall, R. and Tsikata, D. (2014). Narratives of Scarcity: Understanding the ‘Global Resource Grab’, Working Paper 076, PLAAS/FAC, http://dspace.africaportal.org/jspui/bitstream/123456789/34413/1/FAC_Working_Pa per_076.pdf?1

Dr. Nana Akua Anyidoho Book ChapterAnyidoho, N. A. and Adomako Ampofo, A. (2015). “How can I come to work on Saturday when I have a family?”: Ghanaian women and bank work in a neo-liberal era. In C. Rodriguez, D. Tsikata and A. Adomako Ampofo (Eds.), Transatlantic feminisms: women and Gender Studies in Africa and the diaspora. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Journal ArticlesAnyidoho, N. A. and Crawford, G. (2014). Leveraging global links for local advocacy: WACAM’s challenge to the power of transnational mining corporations. Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 35(4), 483-502.

Conference on popular notions of women’s empowerment in Ghana. IDS Bulletin, 46(4), 19-27.

J. (2015). Young people, agriculture, and employment in rural Africa. In D. Resnick and Thurlow, J. (Eds.), African youth and the persistence of marginalization: employment, politics, and prospects for change. New York: Routledge.

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Working Paper

(2014). Young people, agriculture and employment in rural Africa. UN-WIDER Working Paper 2014/080. Available online at http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2014/en_GB/wp2014-080/

from a Q study with young people, parents and development workers in rural Ghana. Working Paper 109. Future Agricultures Consortium, Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK.

Dr. Robert Darko OseiBookAryeetey E., Osei R. D. and Quartey, P (2014). Managing Ghana’s Oil Boom for Structural Transformation, Sub-saharan Africa Publishers, Accra, Ghana, Accra, Ghana. ISBN: 978-9964-75-092-3.

Book ChaptersOsei, R. D. and Domfe, G. (2014). Macroeconomic Implications of Oil Booms: Lessons for Ghana. In Aryeetey, E. Osei, R. D. & Quartey, P. (Eds.), Managing Ghana’s Oil Boom for Structural Transformation, (pp. 75-94) Sub-Saharan Africa Publishers. ISBN: 978-9964-75-092-3

Aryeetey, E., Osei, R. D. and Quartey, P. (2014). Managing Ghana’s Oil Boom: Summary of Key Findings and Policy Lessons. In Aryeetey, E. Osei, R. D. & Quartey, P. (Eds.), Managing Ghana’s Oil Boom for Structural Transformation, (pp. 1-7). Sub-Saharan Africa Publishers. ISBN: 978-9964-75-092-3

Osei-Akoto, I., Osei, R. D. and Aryeetey, E. (2014). The Incidence Of Indirect Taxes In Ghana: Is There A Gender Bias?’, In Quartey, P. Aryeetey, E. B. & Ackah, C. (Eds.), Domestic Resource Mobilization for Inclusive Development, (pp. 368-417). Woeli Publishers & ISSER, Accra, Ghana. ISBN: 978-9964-75-094-7

Journal Articles

Udry, C. (2015). A Multi-faceted Program Causes Lasting Progress for the Very Poor: Evidence from Six Countries, Science, 348(6236), pp. 772,

Langevang, T., Gough, K. V., Yankson, P. W. K., Osei, R., and Owusu, G. (2015). Bounded Entrepreneurial Vitality: The Mixed Embeddedness of Female Entrepreneurship, Economic Geography Journal, 91: 449–473. doi: 10.1111/ecge.1209

Mochiah, E. E., Osei, R. D. and Osei-Akoto, I. (2014). Deciding to Urban-migrate and Agricultural Development: Evidence from the Millennium Challenge Account (MCC)-Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) Intervention Zones, Ghana, Modern Economy, 5, 1187-1207.

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Working PapersHanda, S., Davis, B., Daidone, S., Park, M., Osei, R. D., and Osei-Akoto I., (2015). Social Networks and Risk Management in Ghana’s Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme, Papers 0, Innocenti Working Papers.

Handa, S., de Groot, R., Ragno, L. P., Park, M., Osei, R. D., Osei-Akoto, I., and Bhalla, G. (2015). Heterogeneous impacts of an unconditioal cash transfer programme on schooling: evidence from the Ghana LEAP programme. Innocenti Working Papers Papers.

Osei, R. D. & Osei-Akoto, I. and Ayerakwa, H. M. (2015). “Poverty and Happiness : An Examination of the

WIDER Research Paper , World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

Mochiah, E. E., Osei, R. D. and Osei Akoto, I. (2014). The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes on Household Work Decision in Ghana. (WIDER Working Paper WP 2014/116), World Institute of Development Economics Research, Helsinki, www.wider.unu.edu.

Dr. Simon Bawakyillenuo Book ChaptersBawakyillenuo, S. (2015). ‘Evolution of Theories and Concepts of Environment and Development’ In: Owusu et al., eds. Development Policies and Practices. Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers.

Asante, F. A., Bawakyillenuo, S., Bird, N., Trujillo, N. C., Addoquaye-Tagoe, C. and Ashiani, N. (2015). ‘Climate Change Finance in Ghana’. ODI Publications. Available at: http://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.

Bawakyillenuo, S. Amankwa-Kesse, S. and Nelson, W. (2015). ‘Ghana’s National Circumstances’ In: Ghana’s Third National Communication Report to the UNFCCC. Accra: GoG-EPA.

Bawakyillenuo, S. (2015). Climate Change and Development in Ghana. In: Ghana Social Development Outlook 2014. Accra: Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research’s Publication.

Journal ArticleTeye, J., Yaro J. A., Bawakyillenuo, S. 2015. Local Farmers’ Experiences and Perceptions of Climate Change in the Northern Savannah Zone of Ghana. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 7(3), 327 – 347.

Dr. Fred M. DzankuJournal ArticlesAyamga, M., Yeboah, R. W. N., Dzanku, F. M. (2015). Determinants of farmland tenure security in Ghana. Ghana Journal of Science, Technology and Development. 2(1), 1-21.

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rural Ghana. Food Policy. 57, 73-82.

Perspective from Ghana. The Journal of Development Studies. 51(9), 1139-1154.

Dzanku, F. M. (2015). Transient rural livelihoods and poverty in Ghana. Journal of Rural Stud- ies. 40(0), 102-110.

Dzanku, F. M., Jirström, M., Marstorp, H. (2015). Yield Gap-Based Poverty Gaps in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa. World Development. 67(0), 336-362.

Dr. Ama Pokuaa Fenny Book ChaptersAsante, F. A., Arhinful, D. K., Fenny, A. P., and Kusi, A. (2014). “Who is Excluded in Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme and Why: a Social, Political, Economic and Cultural (SPEC) analysis” in Health Inc - Towards Equitable Coverage and more Inclusive Social Protection in Health/ edited by B. Criel, V. De Brouwere, W. Van Damme and B. Marchal. Studies in Health Services Organisation & Policy (SHSOP), 32, 2014. ITG Press, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000, Antwerp, Belgium.

Fenny A. P., Asante, F. A., Arhinful, D. K., and Kusi, A. (2014). “Safeguarding Individual’s Utilization of Healthcare: the Case of the NHIS in Ghana”, in Health Inc - Towards Equitable Coverage and more Inclusive Social Protection in Health/ edited by B. Criel, V. De Brouwere, W. Van Damme and B. Marchal. Studies in Health Services Organisation & Policy (SHSOP), 32, 2014. ITG Press, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000, Antwerp, Belgium.

Journal ArticlesFenny, A. P., Asante, F. A., Enemark, U. and Hansen, K. S. (2015). ‘Malaria care seeking behavior of individuals in Ghana under the NHIS: Are we back to the use of informal care?’ BMC Public Health 2015, 15:370.

Fenny, A. P., Asante, F. A., Enemark, U. and Hansen, K. S. (2015). Treatment-seeking Behaviour and Social Health Insurance in Africa: the Case of Ghana under the National Health Insurance Scheme’ Global Journal of Health Science, 7(1).Fenny, A. P., Hansen, K. S., Enemark, U. and Asante, F. A. (2014). ‘Quality of Uncomplicated Malaria Case Management in Ghana among Insured and Uninsured’ International Journal for Equity in Health, 13:63.

Fenny, A. P., Hansen, K. S., Asante, F. A. and Enemark, U. (2014). ‘Patient Satisfaction with Primary Health Care – A Comparison between the insured and non-insured under the National Health Insurance Policy in Ghana’ Global Journal of Health Science, 6(4).

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Dr. Charles AckahBookQuartey, P., Aryeetey, E.B-D. and Ackah, C. (eds.) (2014), Domestic Resource Mobilisation for Inclusive Development in Ghana. Sub-Saharan Publishers: Accra. ISBN: 978-9964-75-094-7.

Book Chapters

Morrissey, O., Lopez, R., and Sharma, K. (eds.) Handbook on Trade and Development. Edward Elgar Publishing, London.

Ackah, C. and J-H., Asiedu (2014), “International Trade and Payments Development: Policies and Options?”, Chapter 4in Kodwo Ewusi (ed.) Policies and Options for Ghana’s Economic Development, (3rd Edition). Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research: University of Ghana Accra.

Ackah, C., Domfe, G., and M., Torgbe (2014), “Which Firms Pay Bribes in Ghana and Why?”, Chapter 12 in P. Quartey, E.B.D-Aryeetey and C. Ackah (eds.) Domestic Resource Mobilisation for Inclusive Development in Ghana. Sub-Saharan Publishers: Accra.

Aryeetey, E., Clottey, E., Ackah, C., Lehrer, K., and I. Mbiti (2014), “Youth and Employment in Ghana”, Ch. 5 in Hiroyuki Hino and Gustav Ranis (eds.) Youth and Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Working but Poor. Routledge: London.

Ackah, C., Adjasi, C. and F. Turkson (2014), “Scoping Study on the Evolution of Industry in Ghana”, WIDER Working Paper 2014/075, Helsinki.

Ackah, C., C. Adjasi, and F. Ebo Turkson (2014) “The Evolution of Industry in Ghana”- WIDER Working Paper 2014/074, UNU- World Institute for Development and Economics Research, Helsinki. ISSN 1798-7237 ISBN 978-92-9230-796-7.

Ackah, C., C. Adjasi, F. Ebo Turkson and A. Acquah (2014) “Education, Skill and Earnings: Further Evidence from Ghana”- WIDER Working Paper 2014/073, UNU-World Institute for Development and Economics Research, Helsinki. ISSN 1798-7237 ISBN 978-92-9230-794-3.

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