Dr. Clement Adamba
Clement Adamba is a Policy Economist and holds a Ph.D. and MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Ghana and Bachelor of Education degree in Social Studies and Economics from the University of Education, Winneba. Clement’s research interest generally spans evaluation of education and health policies, poverty, and social protection, with particular expertise in the study of the socio-economic dimensions of education and health policies on households and children. He has great experience in the design and implementation of large surveys and use survey data for policy analysis. Clement has consulted for the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service, National Development Planning Commission, and also for a number of international development partners in Ghana including UNICEF, UNESCO, World Bank, GIZ, among others. Clement has collaborated with researchers in a number of universities outside Ghana including University of North Carolina, Michigan State University, University of Michigan, Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion (IMTFI) at the University of California, New York University Centre for Technology and Economic Development (NYU CTED) all of the USA, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany, and many other independent research institutions such as the America Institute for Research, SCL Social, UK, International Cocoa Institute, and many others. Clement can be contacted through the email addresses: cadamba@ug.edu.gh or cadamba1@yahoo.com; and also, on mobile number +233 244973913.
Courses currently teaching:
- Educational Policy and Planning (EDSL 601)
- Economics of Education (EDSL 602)
- Research Methods & Techniques - Quantitative Research Design and Data analysis (EDSL 603)
Areas of research interest
- Policy (education, health and social protection) effectiveness
- Education production and efficiency
- Educational markets
- Cost and educational financing
- Educational incentives and accountability mechanisms
- Parental Choice and Voice in Education Production
- School quality and school effectiveness
RECENT RESEARCH EXPERIENCE, 2010-2017:
1. April 2021 - present: Impact evaluation of the LEAP programme and its linkages to complementary services
Position: Co-Investigator
2. February 2021 – Present: Physical Activity Mediates, Fear, Anxiety and Depression, Associated with the Covid-19 pandemic
Position: Co-Investigator
3. June 2020 – Present: Youth Development through Sport and Physical Activity.
Position: Principal Investigator
4. March 2018 – 2020: Circuit Supervisors and School Inspection in Ghana: An Assessment of the Effectiveness and Impact of the Work of Circuit Supervisors in Schools.
Position: Co-Investigator
5. March 2018 – 2020: Empowering youth with entrepreneurial life-skills through sports.
Position: Co-Investigator
6. December 2018 - 2019: Time to Teach: Causes and motivation for teacher absenteeism in Ghana
Position: Principal Investigator
7. June, 2017 – 2019: Applying Positive Youth Development through Sport to Nurture Youth Entrepreneurship: An MSU-African Alliance for Youth Sport Entrepreneurship (AAYSE) intervention program in Botswana, Ghana and Tanzania
Position: Co-Investigator
8. November 2015 – 2019: Impact Evaluation of the Ghana Secondary Education Improvement Program.
Position: Principal Investigator
9. Dec. 2016 - July, 2017: Evaluation/Development of the UNICEF Ghana Education Program
10. Position: Co-Principal Investigator
11. October 2017 – April, 2018: Labour Economics Survey & Skills Need and Gap Assessment Project
12. Position: Co-Investigator
13. November 2015 – 2017: “Assessing Unmet Needs of Small Merchants in Adopting Digital Payment Systems in Ghana”
Position: Principal Investigator
14. November 2015 – 2017: “Impact Evaluation of the Ghana School Feeding Programme”
Position: Co-Principal Investigator
15. June 2015 – 2017: Quantitative Impact Evaluation of Ghana LEAP1000 Project
Position: Co-Investigator, ISSER
16. February 2015 – 2017: Breaking the Vicious Circle between Poverty and Ill-Health: Are cash transfers and social health protection policies in Ghana and Kenya mutually complementing?
Position: Co-Investigator
17. May 2013 – 2015: ISSER-YALE Socio-economic Panel Study in Ghana.
Position: Project Coordinator, ISSER:
18. February 2012 – May, 2015: Evaluation of Maternal and New Born Referrals Project. Position: Survey Coordinator, ISSER:
19. February 2015 – 2016: “Survey of Bread Basket Regions in Ghana and Burkina Faso.”
Position: Researcher and Survey Coordinator, ISSER:
20. May – Dec. 2014: Impact Evaluation of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) in Northern Ghana.
Position: Survey Expert, ISSER:
21. June 2014 – 2015: “Citizens Assessment of the School Capitation Grant Policy in Ghana project”
Position: Researcher and Survey Coordinator, ISSER
22. July – September, 2013: Baseline Survey of USAID’s Feed the Future Project.
Position: Researcher and Survey Coordinator, ISSER
23. Sept. 2012 – Mar. 2013: Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) - Baseline survey.
Position: Researcher and Survey Coordinator for Ghana team
24. Oct. 2010 - June. 2011: Assessment of Financial and Non-financial Resource flows in the Health Sector of Ghana.
Position: Co-Principal Investigator, ISSER
25. Sept. – Dec. 2011: Baseline for the Ghana Rural and Agricultural Finance Programme (RAFiP).
Position: Co-Principal Investigator, ISSER
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed Publications
1. Aurino, E., Gelli, A., Adamba, C., Osei-Akoto, I., & AldermanH. (2020). Food for thought? Experimental Evidence on the Learning Impacts of a Large-Scale School Feeding Program. Journal of Human Resources.
2. Bender, K., Rohregger, B., Kinuthia, B., Ikua, G., Schuering, E., Adamba C., Alatinga, K. A, & Pouw, N. (2020). Different pathways of social protection reforms: An analysis of long-term institutional change in Kenya. World Development; vol. 137 (2021)
3. Palermo, T., Valli, E., Angeles, G., de Milliano, M., Adamba, C., Spadafora, T., & Barrington, C. (2019). Impact evaluation of a social protection program paired with fee waivers on enrolment in Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme. BMJ Open
4. Gelli, A., Aurino, E., Folson, G., Kusi, A., Arhinful, D., Adamba, C., Osei-Akoto, I., et al. (2019). A school meals program implemented at scale in Ghana increases height-for-age during mid-childhood in girls and in children from poor households: A cluster randomized trial. The Journal of Nutrition. Vol: 149, Pages: 1434-1442
5. Adamba, C. (2017). Effect of School electrification on learning outcomes: A Subnational level analysis of students' pass rate in English and Mathematics in Ghana. Educational Research for Policy and Practice. DOI: 10.1007/s10671-017-9215-1
6. Quartey P. & Adamba C. (2015). Inter-linkages between international and internal remittances and financial sector development in Ghana. Int. J. of Economics and Business Research; Vol. 10(3) pp.229 – 246.
7. Adamba, C., Osei-Akoto, I., Owusu, A. Y. & Ahiadeke, C. (2014). Determinants of Maternal Mortality in Ghana: A Focus on Neighbourhood Characteristics and Socio-demographic Status. Ghana Social Science Journal, Vol. 11(2).
8. Osei-Akoto, I., Fenny, A. P., Adamba, C. & Dela, T. (2013). Client Power and Access to Quality Healthcare: An Assessment of Ghana’s Health Insurance Scheme. Journal of African Development, vol. 15 (1), 73 - 97.
9. Osei-Akoto, I., Adamba, C. & Osei, R. D. (2013). The Effect of Health Shocks on Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from Ghana. International Journal of Agricultural Policy and Research (IJAPR-13-019).
10. Adamba, C. & Owusu A. Y. (2012). Household Perceptions, Treatment-Seeking Behaviours and Health Outcomes for Buruli Ulcer Disease in a Peri-Urban District in Ghana. Advances in Applied Sociology; Vol.2 (3), 179-186.
11. Owusu, A. Y. & Adamba, C. (2012). The Socioeconomic Burden of Buruli ulcer Disease in the Ga West District of Ghana. Ghana Journal of Development Studies; Vol. 9 (1), 1-19.
12. Adamba, C. & Owusu, A. Y. (2011). Burden of Buruli ulcer: How affected households in a Ghanaian District cope. Journal of African Study Monograph; Vol. 32 (1), 1-23.
13. Adamba, C. (2014). Residential Relocation and Housing Instability Undermines Children’s Health: Evidence from a Scoping Analysis. Economy of Ghana Network (EGN).
Book Chapters
14. Adamba, C. (2020). “Understanding High School Students’ University Choice: Implications for Marketing and Management of Higher Education in Ghana.” In: Mogaji E., Maringe F., Ebo Hinson R. (eds) Higher Education Marketing in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
15. Osei-Akoto, I. & Adamba C. (2017). “Social Health Insurance in Ghana: The Politics, Economics and the Future.” In Aryeetey E. & Kanbur K. (ed.). The Economy of Ghana Sixty Years after Independence. Oxford University Press.
16. Owusu, A. Y. & Adamba, C. (2017). “Household Perceptions, Treatment-Seeking Behaviors and Health Outcomes for Buruli Ulcer Disease in a Peri-Urban District in Ghana.” In Smith G (ed.). Recent Theories and Concepts in Applied Sociology: Volume II. College Publishing House, New York, USA. ISBN: 978-1-9789-2846-6
17. Adamba, C. & Osei-Akoto, I. (2015). “Positioning Ghana’s Health Insurance System for Universal Coverage: A Synthesis of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats”, In Nana Apt (Ed.) Positioning Ghana in the global context: challenges and innovations. French Institute for Research in Africa/Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique (IFRA-Nigeria) (Forthcoming).
18. Adamba, C. & Quartey, P. (2015). “Circular Migration and Entrepreneurship Development in Ghana”, In Solé C., Parella S., Sordé T. and Nita S. (Eds.) Impact of Circular Migration on Human, Political and Civil Rights Subtitle: A Global Perspective. Springer (Forthcoming).
19. Osei-Akoto, I. & Adamba, C. (2014). “Pseudo-Tax-Based Insurance for Health Care Financing and Iatrogenic Poverty in Ghana”. In Quartey P., Aryeetey E. B and Ackah G. A. (Eds) Domestic Resource Mobilisation for Inclusive Development in Ghana. Sub-Saharan Publishers (2014).
Working papers
20. Gelli, A., Masset, E., Adamba, C., Alderman, H., Arhinful, D., Aurino, E., Folson, G., Osei-Akoto, I., & Asante, F. A. (2021). School Meals as a Market for Smallholder Agriculture Experimental Evidence from Ghana. IFPRI Discussion Paper #02045, October 2021.
21. Pouw, N.R.M., Bender, K., Dipple, L., Schuering, E., Böber, C., Adamba, C. & Alatinga, K. (2017) Exploring the Interactions between different Social protection Programmes in Ghana. Are the Poor and Extreme Poor Benefitting? UvA Working Paper #20171, University of Amsterdam.
22. Bender, K., Rohregger, B., Kinuthia, B., Ikua, G., Schüring, E., Adamba, C., Alatinga, K. A. & Pouw N. (2019). Understanding multiple trajectories of extending social protection to the poor – An analysis of long-term institutional change in Kenya. World Development (forthcoming)
23. Asaah S. M., Osumanu, I. K., & Adamba, C. (2019). Awareness and perceptions of resource host communities of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights in Ghana’s Mining Sector.
Papers presented at Conferences/colloquiums
24. Adamba, C. & Palermo, T. (2020). Social Protection Programmes: economic strengthening and pathways to improved health. Health and Social Protection Action Research & Knowledge Sharing Network (SPARKS) Conference 2020. 2 – 3 December 2020. Virtual Conference.
25. Handa, S., Adamba, C. Mvula, P., & Tembo, G. (2020). An empirically driven theory of poverty reduction. Paper presented at the Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) Middle Range Theory Workshop, 12 – 13 November 2020. Virtual conference.
26. Adamba C. (2019). Evaluation of alternative school feeding models on education, nutrition, agriculture and incomes in Ghana: Findings from a cluster randomized control trial. Paper presented at the AUDA-NEPAD/GOG PARTNERSHIP Consultative Mission. 12, April, 2019. NMIMR, University of Ghana
27. Ocansey, R., Malete, L., Tshube, T., McCole, D., Maro, C., Mphela, T., Adamba, C., Machuve, J. (2019, June). Applying Positive Youth Development through Sport to Nurture Youth Entrepreneurship. Presentation at the Makerere University 2019 AAP Town Hall Meeting in Uganda.
28. Malete, L., Ocansey, R., Tshube, T., McCole, D., Maro, C., Mphela, T., Adamba, C., Machuve, J., (2019, June). Effects of a multiport-sport Positive Youth Development intervention program on life skills and entrepreneurship in youth athletes. Presentation at the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) congress 2019 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
29. Malete, L., Ocansey, R., Tshube, T., McCole, D., Maro, C., Mphela, T., Adamba, C., Machuve, J. (2019, July). A Cross-cultural Extension of the Life Skills for Sport Scale: Applying Positive Youth Development in Botswana, Ghana and Tanzania. Presentation at the 15th European Federation of Sport Psychology Congress (FEPSAC) 2019 in Muenster, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
30. Gyamerah, A., Asare, M., Adenyoh, C., Adamba, C., Asati, H., Adzam, D., Manortey, D. and Ocansey, R, (2018, September). Associations between the Built Environment, Psychosocial factors and Physical activity participation among youth in Ghana. Presentation at the 3rd International Conference on Physical Activity and Sport for Health and Development in Africa, themed “Fostering Inclusiveness and Sustainable Development in Africa”. University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
31. Adamba C. (2019). The impact of Ghana LEAP 1000 on NHIS enrolment and morbidity. Paper presented at the Seventh Transfer Project Research Workshop: Social Protection, Cash Transfers and Long-Term Poverty Reduction. 2nd - 4th, April 2019. Arusha, Tanzania: Mount Meru Hotel.
32. Adamba C. (2018). Conducting quantitative surveys in developing countries – sharing experiences from Ghana. UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, Florence, Italy. July 19, 2018.
33. Pouw, N.R.M., Bender, K., Dipple, L., Schuering, E., Böber, C., Adamba, C. & Alatinga, K. (2017). Exploring the Interactions between different Social protection Programmes in Ghana. Are the Poor and Extreme Poor Benefitting? Regional Health Insurance Authority Auditorium, Bolgatanga, Ghana.
34. Adamba C., Aurino E., Asante E., et al. (2017). Evaluation of alternative school feeding models on education in Ghana: Preliminary findings from a cluster randomised control trial. Paper presented at the School of Social Science International Conference; 5 – 6th April, 2017.
35. Adamba C., Aurino E., Asante E., et al. (2017). Home-grown school feeding for healthier children: Preliminary results from an impact evaluation in Ghana. Paper presented at the School of Social Science International Conference; 5 – 6th April, 2017.
36. Adamba C., Buah B, and Agyei D. (2017). “Eating” food or instructional time – impact of in-school meals on school timetable. Paper presented at the School of Social Science International Conference; 5 – 6th April, 2017.
37. Adamba C. and Osei-Akoto I. (2013). Estimating the effects of neighbourhoods’ socioeconomic structure on the incidence of maternal mortality in Ghana: Count Data Approach (Paper presented by Adamba C.). 18th Annual Conference of the African econometric society. La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra, Ghana. 24th – 26th July, 2013.
38. Osei-Akoto I, Fenny A. P., Adamba C. and Dela Tsikata and presented by me Client power and access to quality health care: An assessment of Ghana's health insurance scheme (Paper presented by Adamba C.). 68th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance; Dresden, Germany, 16-19 August, 2012.
39. Adamba C., Osei-Akoto I., Ahiadeke C. and Owusu A.Y. (2011). Socio-economic and Neighbourhood Inequalities as Determinants of Maternal Health Service Use in Ghana: A Multilevel Model Analysis (Paper presented by Adamba C.). 5th Annual Colloquium of the Faculty of Social Studies under the theme “Social Sciences and Public Policy”, as part of the University of Ghana Homecoming Event, 17th - 18th November 2011.
40. Adamba C. and Osei-Akoto I. (2011). Does Health Insurance Reduce Exposure to Out-of Pocket Health Care Payment? A Quantile Regression Evidence from Six Regions in Ghana (Paper presented by Adamba C.). 5th Annual Colloquium of the Faculty of Social Studies under the theme “Social Sciences and Public Policy”, as part of the University of Ghana Homecoming Event. Date: 17th and 18th November 2011.
41. Osei-Akoto I., Adamba C. and Osei RD. (2011). Health shocks and agriculture productivity in Ghana (Paper presented by Adamba C.). IFPRI International conference on Health and Productivity Linkages; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1st -3rd November, 2011.
42. Adamba C. and Osei-Akoto I. (2011). Incidence, Intensity and Correlates of Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Payment for Healthcare in Ghana (Paper presented by Adamba C.). 1st Economics Conference organised by the Department of Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; 19 – 20th September, 2011.
43. Adamba C. and Osei-Akoto I. (2011). Preventive Health, Health Insurance and Vulnerability to Health Shocks in Ghana (Paper presented by Osei-Akoto I.). ECOWAS & Faculty of Social Studies, University of Ghana International Workshop on Poverty and Development 11-14 July, 2011 - Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research.
44. Adamba C. (2011). The thrills and tears of national health insurance cardholders: a walk through the corridors of health facilities in Ghana. Paper presented at the 4th European Conference on African Studies; Uppsala, Sweden; 15-18, June, 2011.
45. Adamba C. and Osei-Akoto I. (2011). Health Insurance and Vulnerability to Health Shocks in Ghana (Paper presented by Adamba C.). 4th European Conference on African Studies; Uppsala, Sweden; 15-18, June, 2011.
46. Adamba C. and Osei-Akoto I. (2011). Ethnic and Religious Diversity as Determinants of Health Insurance Uptake in Ghana (Paper presented by Adamba C.). 4th European Conference on African Studies; Uppsala, Sweden; 15-18, June, 2011.
Survey Reports
47. Adamba, C. (2019). Ghana secondary education improvement project: impact evaluation of iBox in senior high schools. Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service (MOE/GES), Accra –Ghana.
48. Adamba, C. and Manu A. O. (2017). Strengthening Statistics in National Development Planning: A National Assessment Survey. Report Prepared for the National Development Planning Commission, Ghana.
49. Adamba, C., Nowlin, C., and Ring, H. (2017). Evaluation Report of the UNICEF Ghana Education Programme (2012–2017): A Capacity Building Perspective. American Institutes for Research
50. Adamba, C., Nowlin, C., Ring, H, and Rothbard, V. (2017). Evaluation/Development of the UNICEF Ghana Education Programme: A Review of Capacity Development Interventions and Lessons Learned. American Institutes for Research
51. Asante F. A., Bosompem K. M., Osei-Akoto I., Adamba C., Aurino E., Folson G. Anyan W. K., Ayi I., Mensah G. E & Mensah S. K. (2016). Ghana Home Grown School Feeding Program: Impact Evaluation. Report submitted to Partnership for Child Development, Imperial College, London.
52. Adamba C., Osei O. E. and Sarku R. (2016). Assessing Unmet Needs of Small Merchants in Adopting Digital Payment Systems in Ghana. Report submitted to the Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion (IMTFI) at the University of California, Irvine, USA.
53. Adamba C. and Osei-Akoto I. (2015). Citizens’ Assessment of the School Capitation Grant Policy in Ghana. Report prepared for the National Development Planning Commission, Ghana.
54. Ahiadeke C., Osei-Akoto I., Otchere F. and Adamba C. (2012). Feed the Future Population Based Baseline Survey in Northern Ghana. A report prepared for USAID.
55. Osei-Akoto I., Atta-Ankomah R., Domfe G. and Adamba C. (2010). Resource flow in Ghana’s Health Sector: Challenges and Effects on Service Delivery. A report prepared for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Washington, USA.
56. 2008 Citizens’ Assessment of the National Health Insurance Scheme: Towards a Sustainable Health Care Financing Arrangement that Protects the Poor. A report prepared for the National Development Planning Commission, Ghana.