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View article: Gender differentials and distributional effect of climate-smart agriculture practices on farm production and welfare in Nigeria
Gender differentials and distributional effect of climate-smart agriculture practices on farm production and welfare in Nigeria Open
Men and women experience climate change differently because of differences in their conventional roles, cultural expectations, and means of sustenance. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has the potential to mitigate the adverse consequences …
View article: Overtaxing the formal sector undermines long-term fiscal gains : new survey reveals high tax burden on Ghana’s formal businesses
Overtaxing the formal sector undermines long-term fiscal gains : new survey reveals high tax burden on Ghana’s formal businesses Open
A new survey of firms in Ghana shows that the tax burden and levels of compliance are disproportionately higher among formal businesses than informal ones. Formal businesses also consider the tax system to be unfair to a greater extent tha…
View article: EFFECTS OF BEHAVIOUR CHANGE COMMUNICATION ON KNOWLEDGE AND PREVENTION OF MALARIA AMONG WOMEN IN GHANA
EFFECTS OF BEHAVIOUR CHANGE COMMUNICATION ON KNOWLEDGE AND PREVENTION OF MALARIA AMONG WOMEN IN GHANA Open
This study evaluates the effects of behaviour change communication strategies on knowledge (symptoms, causes and prevention) of malaria among Ghanaian women aged 15-49 years. The Propensity Score Matching (PSM) and logistics regression ana…
View article: Evaluation Summary and Metrics: "Effects of Emigration on Rural Labor Markets"
Evaluation Summary and Metrics: "Effects of Emigration on Rural Labor Markets" Open
We prioritized the paper "Effects of Emigration on Rural Labor Markets"[1] because of its potential relevance to the decision to shut down the charity "No Lean Season".Although we normally seek two or more strong evaluations, we struggled …
View article: Investigating the Impact of Institutional Quality Under the Petroleum Price Deregulation Policy Regime on the Economic Growth of an Emerging Economy
Investigating the Impact of Institutional Quality Under the Petroleum Price Deregulation Policy Regime on the Economic Growth of an Emerging Economy Open
The importance of institutional quality as a means of influencing economic growth is being given much attention. This paper examines the extent to which institutional quality under the price deregulation policy impacts GDP growth. The stud…
View article: Do Petroleum Price Asymmetries and Price Deregulation Cause Business Cycles in Ghana?
Do Petroleum Price Asymmetries and Price Deregulation Cause Business Cycles in Ghana? Open
In the context of volatilities in the international situations in recent times, studies regarding the complexities of oil price fluctuations have focussed on analysing the special fluctuation characteristics of oil prices in different hist…
View article: COVID-19 emergency income grant and food security in Namibia
COVID-19 emergency income grant and food security in Namibia Open
This paper evaluates the effects of the government's COVID-19 economic stimulus and relief package (emergency/one-off income grant of ND750) on household food security in Namibia during the period of the lockdown. The analysis reveals that…
View article: Non-farm entrepreneurship, caste, and energy poverty in rural India
Non-farm entrepreneurship, caste, and energy poverty in rural India Open
This study examines how non-farm entrepreneurship influences rural household energy poverty and explores caste-based heterogeneities in outcomes in India. The study used different quasi-experimental econometric methods to analyse panel dat…
View article: Effects of Behaviour Change Communication on Knowledge and Prevention of Malaria Among Women in Ghana
Effects of Behaviour Change Communication on Knowledge and Prevention of Malaria Among Women in Ghana Open
Behaviour change communication (BCC) remains a central component of the interventions used in the fight against malaria in Ghana. However, there is limited evidence of its effectiveness. This study evaluated the effects of BCC strategies o…
View article: Firms' digital investment and resilience to shocks: Evidence from the COVID‐19 pandemic in Ghana
Firms' digital investment and resilience to shocks: Evidence from the COVID‐19 pandemic in Ghana Open
This paper examines the effect of digital investment on firm performance amid the COVID‐19 pandemic in Ghana. Applying a difference‐in‐difference estimator to a panel of 7548 firm‐year observations from 2019 to 2020, we find a positive rel…
View article: Gender composition of ownership and management of firms and the gender digital divide in Africa
Gender composition of ownership and management of firms and the gender digital divide in Africa Open
Purpose: This study analysed the determinants of firms’ adoption and utilisation of digital technologies in Africa, with specific attention to the gender structure of firms’ ownership and management, in the interest of closing the gender d…
View article: Spousal effects on wages, labour supply and household production in Ghana
Spousal effects on wages, labour supply and household production in Ghana Open
Background: The relationship between spousal wages and hours of work, including the phenomenon of a spousal premium or penalty, is well documented in the literature. However, there is limited information on the situation in developing coun…
View article: Can digital trade promote greater employment? Empirical evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Can digital trade promote greater employment? Empirical evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa Open
The main thrust of this book is to examine whether Africa is in a position to benefit from the digital age, given the continent’s many development challenges and slow adoption of digital technologies. While there is substantial literature …
View article: Mobilising tax revenues in the digital era: Challenges for Sub- Saharan Africa?
Mobilising tax revenues in the digital era: Challenges for Sub- Saharan Africa? Open
The main thrust of this book is to examine whether Africa is in a position to benefit from the digital age, given the continent’s many development challenges and slow adoption of digital technologies. While there is substantial literature …
View article: Africa’s digital future: From theory to action
Africa’s digital future: From theory to action Open
The main thrust of this book is to examine whether Africa is in a position to benefit from the digital age, given the continent’s many development challenges and slow adoption of digital technologies. While there is substantial literature …
View article: EXPLORING THE BUDGET DEFICIT-ECONOMIC GROWTH NEXUS: NEW EVIDENCE FROM GHANA
EXPLORING THE BUDGET DEFICIT-ECONOMIC GROWTH NEXUS: NEW EVIDENCE FROM GHANA Open
In this paper, we combine Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach with trend analysis to assess the relationship between Ghana’s budget deficit and economic growth from 2000 to 2015 using quarterly data. The trend analysis reveals t…
View article: Assessing Youth Development in Sub-Saharan Africa with a Multidimensional Index
Assessing Youth Development in Sub-Saharan Africa with a Multidimensional Index Open
The youth population (aged 15-24) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is growing rapidly to the extent that in 2015, 226 million youths were estimated to be living on the continent. Youths in Africa currently account for 19 per cent of the global …