Kwabena Asomanin Anaman

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• BSc (Ghana) MS (Florida) PhD (Florida)
• Professor (Full) at University of Ghana

Lifetime Nationalist Achievement Award for outstanding professional academic and research work and community service related to resource and environmental economics and community development in the Agona East District, Central Region, Ghana over the 30-year period from 1995 to 2024. 1 was particularly recognized for community service involved wit...

Most rural areas in Zimbabwe are extremely vulnerable to changing climatic conditions, particularly droughts, which threaten smallholder farmers' livelihoods. Seasonal weather forecast services can help farmers adapt, optimise production, and implement risk reduction strategies. To support increased investment in these services, this study seeks to...

Weather and climate services are essential tools that help farmers make informed choices, such as choosing appropriate crop varieties. These services depend considerably on the availability of adequate investments in infrastructure related to weather forecasting, which are often provided by the State in most countries. Zimbabwean farmers generally...

This study presents a seminal contribution regarding the economic value of indigenous seasonal weather forecasts in Zimbabwe. Many farmers (58%) use indigenous seasonal weather forecasts to make maize farming decisions such as selecting suitable varieties. The main indicators used for indigenous seasonal weather forecasts are flowering and fruition...

The macroeconomic determinants of the share of the economy contributed by the forestry industry in Ghana were examined over the period from 1975 to 2023, based on the development of time-series cointegration and error correction models. The analysis indicated that the share of the forestry industry was positively influenced by the real value of the...

We developed regional input–output tables for Northern Ghana using the latest 2018 national input-output table for Ghana and the 2021 Ghana population and housing census data. Four variants of the location quotient concept, based on employment data for 17 industries, were used for the derivation of output impact multipliers. A comparative output an...

Ghana will need to address the climate crisis in the coming decades by reducing emissions and adapting to climate change. Just transition (JT) is a term that is used to describe this process of transitioning to a resilient and low-carbon society inclusively. A JT is a process that brings together all stakeholders to support the creation of a fair,...

Use of digital climate services and uptake of climate smart technologies among smallholder farmers in Africa. FARA Research Report Vol 7(5):22-38. Abstract: Climate smart agriculture (CSA) technologies are being touted as sustainable responses to strengthen farmers' resilience against climate change whilst boosting agricultural productivity. In fac...

In this study, we sought to identify some economic shocks that have affected the Ghanaian cocoa industry and the effects of these shocks based on available annual data over the 45--year period from 11975 to 2019. The analysis was conducted using a simple autoregressive model of the cocoa industry. The results of the analysis indicated that the majo...

This project is convened by Climate Strategies, London, in partnership with Dala Institute (Indonesia), Fedesarollo (Colombia), the University of Ghana, the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Environment for Development Kenya, CEPA (Malawi), Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam), National University of Laos and Sociedad y Natural...

We analyzed the effects of urbanization on the use of arable land in the Sagnarigu municipality in the Greater Tamale Area of Ghana. The study involved a random survey of 300 farming households to establish their land-use patterns and valuation, and an analysis of satellite and remote sensing data for the years, 2000, 2010 and 2020 for land-use rel...

Since immemorial times, farmers especially in Africa have built and transmitted orally from one generation to another a complex network of seasonal climate knowledge enabling them to lower climate variabilities and vagaries. Despite the prominent role of this knowledge system in smallholder farming, empirical studies relative to the production proc...

The paper discusses four points useful for social science doctoral research work in Ghana at a workshop organized by the Water Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, in Accra in November 2021. These four points are (1) the use of political economy theories, (2) level of analysis: macro, meso and micro, (3) applications...

Climate change is widely accepted as a global crisis that requires collective international efforts to address the threat that it poses to our planet. Although the contribution of developing countries to the phenomenon is relatively low compared to the heavily industrialized nations, developing countries, especially those in Africa, face higher ris...

The just transition framework addresses the dual crises of climate change and inequality. Just transition principles must be far-reaching and multidimensional, addressing standing social and economic inequalities whilst taking care not to exacerbate them. It does this by placing workers and communities at the centre of the transition debate, involv...

Guinea fowl production offers an income source that could reduce the incidence of poverty of rural householders in Northern Ghana, considered one of the poorest regions in West Africa, due to its unimodal rainfall patterns that restrict the year-round production of crops. However, information on profitability and resource use in guinea fowl product...

We established the factors influencing income diversification, and the linkage between income diversification and economic welfare of rural households, in the Volta Region of Ghana, using data from 894 randomly-selected households, obtained through the latest round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey undertaken by the Ghana Statistical Service fro...

During the Fourth Republican electioneering era in Ghana, starting in November 1992, presidential elections are conducted every four years. The 2000 and 2012 elections closely coincided with the national population censuses of 2000 and 2010, respectively. We constructed meso-level models, based on the concept of "average district voter", to analyse...

This study assessed the factors which influenced households’ choice of waste disposal methods using cross-sectional data of 547 households from seven districts in the Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana. Indiscriminate dumping of solid wastes in open spaces by households was the pivotal method of disposal of solid wastes that was analysed using economic th...

We analysed the determinants of voter participation (turnout), impairment of voter participation (spoiled or rejected ballots), and the outcomes (share of the total valid votes cast garnered by the victorious political party) in national presidential elections during the Fourth Republican era in Ghana. This analysis was undertaken based on meso-lev...

This study analysed income diversification activities of 1,194 rural households in the Northern Region of Ghana using data from the sixth round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS) undertaken by the Government of Ghana, through the Ghana Statistical Service. We found that 92% of rural households were engaged in farm activities affirming agri...

The study analyses the relationship between the growth of the construction industry and economic shocks in Ghana over the 50-year period from 1968 to 2017 using an autoregressive modelling scheme that incorporates several economic shocks as separate independent variables. The independent variables used in the model included one positive economic sh...

The study dealt with the analysis of macroeconomic impact of national presidential elections in Ghana during the Fourth Republican period from 1992 to 2016 based on effects of these elections on economic growth, government budget deficits, inflation and interest rates. Using annual data covering the period, 1992 to 2016, the analysis indicated that...

Think tanks in Africa have grown quickly over the past quarter-century, buoyed by spreading democratization, widening space for dialogue between politicians and citizenry, and increased external financial support. However, think tanks face several capacity challenges that directly affect their management. This paper discusses such challenges and de...

This is a revised fuller report of the Nsaba Ghana Community Projects Special Development Initiative (SDI) undertaken from August 1995 to August 2017 at Agona Nsaba in the Central Region of Ghana. This revised report was produced in December 2018. It is an update of the two earlier reports produced in May 2018 and September 2017. The first report d...

The study analyses unemployment in Ghana using district-level census data based on the 2010 and 2000 National Population Censuses. In line with the current impetus of the national government on a new focus of policy actions directed at districts, based on concepts such as One District One Factory (ODOF), One District One Ambulance (ODOA), and One V...

The study analyses economic growth based on annual changes in real gross domestic product (GDP) in Ghana during the post-independence period from 1957 to 2017 using an econometric approach involving an autoregressive modelling scheme that incorporates several economic shocks as separate independent variables. The economic shocks included in the mod...

THE DATA REPRESENTS THE SUMMARY RESULTS OF THE NET PRESENT VALUE ANALYSIS OF THE AGONA EAST DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION PROJECT IN THE AGONA EAST DISTRICT OF THE CENTRAL REGION OF GHANA. THE PROJECT APPRAISAL WAS UNDERTAKEN IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2015. THE PROJECT STARTED IN JANUARY 2016 WITH ONE-YEAR INVESTMENT PERIOD AND A TWENTY-YEAR LIF...

THE DATA REPRESENTS THE SUMMARY RESULTS OF THE BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS OF THE AGONA EAST DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION PROJECT IN THE AGONA EAST DISTRICT OF THE CENTRAL REGION OF GHANA. THE BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS OR PROJECT APPRAISAL WAS UNDERTAKEN IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2015. THE PROJECT STARTED IN JANUARY 2016 WITH ONE-YEAR INVESTMENT PERIOD A...

We undertook a study that evaluated the public weather services used by people working in the formal services sector of the Ghana based in Accra, the capital city of Ghana. The study employed randomly-sampling survey technique to request information from 102 respondents on their use of services and information produced by the Ghana Meteorological A...

The construction industry plays an important role in the economy, and the activities of the industry are also vital to the achievement of national socioeconomic development goals of providing shelter, infrastructure and employment. This paper describes the means through which the growth of the construction industry could advance economic developmen...

This study aims to assess the economic benefits of seasonal climate forecasts in West Africa based on a random survey of 354 maize farmers and to use the contingent valuation method. Results indicate that farmers need accurate seasonal climate forecasts between 1 and 2months before the onset of rains. The most desirable dissemination channels are r...

This paper presents a summary of the international literature published on the benefits of aviation weather services. Aviation operations are highly sensitive to weather conditions. Information on weather conditions helps meteorologists, pilots, navigators, airline companies and businesses to ensure safe flights and save money by reducing some of t...

A comparative analysis of the performance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) vis a vis non-SOEs listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange was undertaken using panel data regression analysis. The data were taken from 22 SOEs and other companies which had been listed on GSE since its inception in 1990 till 2009. The analysis involved a regression model of pe...

Weather and climate-related natural disasters are common throughout the world and they are very costly. Weather and climate information can be used to mitigate these natural hazards. Weather and climate information are also used as direct inputs into production and as a consumption good by householders in making decisions as the type of dress to we...

Elections in Ghana during the Fourth Republican Era from 1992 to 2006 have generated keen interest among competing parties and stakeholders. In order to make predictions about national presidential outcomes, it is important to use political economy theories that can guide us to make useful and accurate predictions given the enormous interactions be...

The Agona East District Environmental Sanitation Project (AEDESP) involves the construction of bath houses incorporating modern water closet toilet facilities to deal with the market failure and government failure in environmental sanitation in the Agona East District, one of the 216 politically-administrative districts in Ghana, West Africa. AEDE...

This paper is the final report of the activities of Nsaba Town Community Development Special Project Phase 3 undertaken from January 1999 to June 2004 at Nsaba, Agona District, Ghana. This is the 18th and final progress report of the Phase 3 project. The core of the Phase 3 project was the construction of modern water closet toilet facilities for t...

This report describes the Agona-Nsaba Town Development Special Project undertaken in December 1995 and January 1996 at Agona-Nsaba, Ghana. This project cost about five million Ghana cedis (5,000 Australian dollars). It resulted in a range of benefits to the community such as provision of pipe-borne water supply to schools and supply of electricity...

This paper reports activities of Agona-Nsaba Town Community Development Special Project Phase 2 undertaken from January to June 1998, at Agona-Nsaba, Ghana. This project is a follow up of an earlier project undertaken in December 1995 and January 1996 and completed in August 1996 costing 5,638 Australian dollars (A$) (about 5.76 million Ghana cedis...

THIS LAYPERSON NEWSPAPER ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED ON 13 DECEMBER 2006 IN THE DAILY GRAPHIC, THE LEADING MASS CIRCULATION NEWSPAPER IN GHANA, BASED ON RESEARCH WORK CONDUCTED AT THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, ACCRA, GHANA IN 2006. THE AUTHOR ARGUES FOR EFFECTIVE DECENTRALISATION AND THE DIRECT ELECTION OF MAYORS AND DISTRICT CHIEF EXECUTIVES AS P...

LAYPERSON NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON 29 OCTOBER 2008, ABOUT FIVE WEEKS BEFORE THE 7 DECEMBER 2008 NATIONAL PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN GHANA.

ADVOCACY ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 2006 IN THE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL TIMES, ACCRA, GHANA SUGGESTING THE REDUCTION OF THREE ZEROS FROM THE OLD CEDI CURRENCY RATHER THAN THE FOUR ZEROS ADVOCATED BY THE BANK OF GHANA IN 2006. ON JULY 1 2007, THE CEDI, THE GHANAIAN CURRENCY, WAS RE-DENOMINATED BY THE BANK OF GHANA BY KNOCKING OFF FOUR ZEROS WITH...

The rapid population growth and economic expansion in Ghana over the last decade have made the management of its population increasingly important necessitating detailed confidential studies on use of birth control methods. This paper reports a highly confidential survey-based study undertaken to assess the extent of awareness of and factors influe...

Shea nut, a crop which is currently picked mostly by women in the wild, offers an opportunity for empowering women to increase their incomes and reduce overall poverty in the three northern regions of Ghana (Upper East, Upper West and Northern). These three regions have very high absolute poverty levels, both in the Ghanaian and African contexts, w...

These pictures were taken in the year 2000 when the survey was undertaken involving 1000 residents of Brunei Darussalam visiting Eastern Malaysia. These pictures should be used in conjunction with the article entitled "Cross-Border Tourism From Brunei Darussalam to Eastern Malaysia: An Empirical Analysis" published in 2002 in the Singapore Economic...

PLENARY TALK PAPER PRESENTED AT THE MAIDEN UNIVERSITY OF GHANA DOCTORAL STUDENTS RESEARCH CONFERENCE UNDER WITH THE THEME PROMOTING PHD RESEARCH EXCELLENCE ON 6 NOVEMBER 2015, LEGON, ACCRA, GHANA

We analyzed the factors influencing the treatment expenditures incurred by sufferers of Buruli ulcer disease in the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana using a random sampling survey. The factors analyzed in the study included the information about the disease available to the sufferers related to time and the stage of the...

While trade openness has existed in Ghana since independence in 1957, economic liberalization policies implemented in Ghana starting from April 1983 to present date have led to a significant increase in trade openness. However, the impact of increased trade liberalization on the natural environment still remains unclear. In this work, we estimate t...

We examined the causes of poor sanitary condition in Gbawe, a low-income suburb of Accra, the capital city of Ghana in the current era of one of the worst epidemics of cholera in Accra which has been linked to improper disposal of wastes. This survey-based study identified improved and unimproved methods for disposal of household solid wastes. The...

The first version of this book was produced by Brunei Press, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam in December 2003. Within less than five years of its production, all five hundred printed copies of the book were sold necessitating the production of a second edition given the increasing numbers of requests for a new edition from potential customer...

Ghana has been one of the fastest growing countries in the world over the last decade driven by exports of oil from newly-discovered offshore oil fields, the export of its traditional commodities of cocoa, gold and other extractive minerals, construction, and the expansion of services related to banking, information and communication technologies,...

We analysed householders' access to improved water for drinking and other domestic uses in five selected low-income urban areas of Accra, Ghana using a survey of 1,500 households. Our definitions of improved water were different from those suggested by the World Health Organization (WHO). The results revealed that only 4.4% of the respondents had a...

We analyzed the perceived causes of Buruli ulcer disease, impacts of the disease and measures that the government could undertake to reduce the impacts based on a random sampling survey of 200 respondents from the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality in Ghana. The study involved sufferers of the disease, non-sufferers of the disease living in the communit...

The study investigates the effect of the instability of export earnings on gross fixed capital formation (total investment) in Ghana over the period, 1981 to 2011, marked by continuous political stability. The analysis employs the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) method of cointegration to evaluate a set of factors, which affect investment as...

The services sector has become the biggest sector in Ghana’s economy. It contributes significantly to GDP, foreign exchange and employment. In recent times, it has received attention from foreign investors and Ghanaians alike. Yet, infrastructure and the involvement of the necessary institutions to ensure the growth and expansion of the service sec...

Since independence in 1957, the provision of major support services for farmers such as physical infrastructure and research services for the agricultural sector in Ghana has been the preserve of the government. However, with respect to agricultural credit, extension and marketing services, there has been a mix of both public and private sector par...

The fruit and vegetable sub-sector of horticultural products has attained important status in the Ghanaian economy since the liberalisation and export diversification pursued after the introduction of the Economic Recovery Programme (ERP) and the Structural adjustment (SAP) which followed in the 1980's. Ghana's trade policies since then have been t...

The summary prediction results of the 7 December 2012 national presidential election in Ghana which were sent to a list of people are presented in this paper with the author specifying ten attributes for his prediction. The prediction range of 50.2% to 50.7% of the total valid votes cast for Mr. John Dramani Mahama was confirmed with Mr. Mahama win...

We analyse the factors influencing the performance of firms listed in the Ghana Stock Exchange based on the rate of return on equity (ROE) using data from twenty-two companies listed on Ghana Stock Exchange from 1990 to 2009. Governance factors and non-governance factors specific to the firm are included. Macroeconomic factors included in the model...

We analysed the factors influencing the level of cross-border tourism from Brunei Darussalam to Eastern Malaysia based on a random survey of 675 Bruneian residents returning from land and sea trips to Eastern Malaysia and using simple statistical and multiple regression analysis. The results revealed that the age of the respondents, personal income...

This paper presents a study designed to establish the factors which influence the initial entry and continued success of Ghanaian export-based firms into overseas markets dealing with non-traditional fresh agricultural products. The analysis is based on the estimation of a Heckman selection model using data from 52 exporters of fresh horticultural...

The reduction in absolute poverty is a major goal of governments around the world. The 50 per cent reduction of the 1990 absolute level of poverty by 2015 is explicitly contained in the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of 2000 as the first major goal to be achieved by member States such as Ghana by 2015. In Ghana, agriculture accounts for...

This review deals with the economic analysis of the management and disposal of solid wastes with particular reference to Ghana. It is acknowledged that proper management of solid wastes requires the use of economic instruments that encourage individuals to modify their behaviour to reduce the generation of wastes and to encourage the proper disposa...

We analyze bilateral merchandise trade flows between Ghana and the other 14 members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The analysis involves the use of the modified gravity model based on most recent data from 1995 to 2006. We establish that per capita gross domestic product of ECOWAS countries and the population of these co...

This report presents an overview of the performance of the economy of Ghana during the calendar year 2007 (January to December 2007) and outlook for 2008 and beyond. Based on provisional data released by the Ghana Statistical Service, the size of the economy, as measured by the nominal gross domestic product (GDP), defined as the total value of all...

This paper is concerned with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of the United Nations formulated in 2000 which are supposed to be attained by 2015. Ghana’s progress towards the attainment of the targets set for the eight MDGs as at the mid-point mark in July 2007 is assessed in this paper. The first MDG deals with the eradication of extreme po...

A major strategy of the Government of Ghana is for the country to reach a middle-income status by the year 2015 when the average citizen would have at least a per capita income of 1,000 United States (US) dollars. Based on the government’s medium term strategy document called Ghana Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS II), policy makers are...

This report presents an overview of the performance of the economy of Ghana during the calendar year 2006. Based on provisional data released by the Ghana Statistical Service for 2005 and 2006, the real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annual rate of 6.2 per cent in 2006. The size of the GDP in 2006 was 114,903.2 billion cedis, which transla...

A vibrant construction industry in a developing country, that mobilizes human and local material resources in the development and maintenance of buildings, housing and physical infrastructure, is an important means to promote increased local employment and accelerate economic growth. Ghana, a country of about 22 million people, currently has one of...

Persistent low and negative economic growth rates often lead to increased poverty and hardship and sometimes results in civil conflicts. Civil conflicts themselves can also lead to low or negative economic growth. In recent years, there has been a continuous interest to analyse the factors that determine economic growth rate of a country. Greater n...

Rapid economic development that will allow significant reduction of poverty is likely to occur from increasing economic growth. Higher economic growth is more likely to occur with increased economic freedom. Under high level of economic freedom, individuals have a chance to enter and exit labour and product markets and make the best use of their ta...

The study is concerned with producers' evaluation of an enhanced weather information service called the Cottonfields Weather Service produced by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. The service has been in existence since the 1992/93 production year. It provides, at some cost to producers, the latest weather information for their locality, which i...

The benefits derived from using an enhanced weather information service, the Cottonfielcis Weather Service, produced by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology were determined via a survey of producers of the Namoi Cotton Co-operative. The economic benefits were estimated using two methods: (a) the change in aggregate gross producer benefits (producer...

As Ghana celebrates the 50 th anniversary of its political independence this year, the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) deems it appropriate to launch the Ghana Policy Journal (GPJ), a multidisciplinary journal that addresses policy-related issues across a wide spectrum. The Journal is produced by the Institute and has the additional distinction...

A review of several methods for assessing the economic and social benefits of meteorological services provided in Australia is undertaken. Meteorological services discussed are the basic public weather service and several user-pay specialised services produced by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology for firms in various sectors of the economy. The...

Economic development concerns the sustainable increase in human living standards. As such, economic development implies increased per capita income, better education and health as well as environmental protection. Ghana is pushing its development goals through higher economic growth rates that will allow the country to achieve a middle income statu...

This report is a summary of the methods and findings of a research project that evaluated the social and economic benefits of meteorological services in Australia. The meteorological services evaluated were the basic public weather services and several specialist user-pay and commercial services used by business firms in several sectors of the nati...

We analyse the relationships between marriage and female labour supply for urban householders in Bandar Seri Begawan, capital city of Brunei Darussalam in Southeast Asia. This analysis is based on a survey of 151 adult women. We establish that age, total number of career work position(s) held, expressing the degree of labour mobility, and the level...

This report deals with the policy factors that enabled successful economic reform and recovery in Ghana over the last two decades, from 1983 to 2006. It discusses the history of the economic reform and recovery over the last 24 years undertaken by the Government of Ghana. The specific policy environmental factors that assisted economic reform and r...

This paper discusses some of the successful social and economic policies adopted by the dynamic Southeast Asian countries that could be applied to the Ghanaian and African contexts. The analysis focuses on five main dynamic ASEAN countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The economic and social policies of the five dynamic co...

In recent times, there have been many Research and Advocacy Organizations (RAOs) working in various capacities in Ghana. These RAOs in general help to link policymakers with the society’s needs and propose possible solutions for these needs. This role played by RAOs is however not fully appreciated by the society and especially policymakers. There...

We established the size of and factors that influenced household and government health expenditures in Brunei Darussalam (Brunei). Factors that influenced household health expenditures were determined based on a random sampling survey of representative urban households in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. Analysis of the survey data indic...