Dr. Akpeko Agbevade

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PROFILE

Dr. Akpeko Agbevade is a lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana, Legon. He holds a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Philosophy and PhD in Political Science all from the University of Ghana, Legon. Dr Agbevade is also an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management Practitioners Ghana and alumnus of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland. His PhD thesis concentrated on local economic development in Ghana’s local governance system. The research essentially examined how the local government units in Ghana can deploy the available local resources to create employment opportunities, income generation and infrastructure provision aimed at poverty reduction. Prior to joining the Department of Political Science, he worked as a Senior Assistant Registrar in charge of examinations and human resource and a lecturer at the Entrepreneurship Training Institute, Accra.

EDUCATION

• PhD in Political Science – University of Ghana
• MPhil in Political Science- University of Ghana
• BA, Political Science – University of Ghana

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Local Economic Development
• Public Sector Reforms and Service Delivery
• Electoral Reforms and Democratic Consolidation
• Stakeholder Engagement in Public Policy Design
• Public Sector Human Resource Management

COURSES TAUGHT:

• POLI 681: Human Resource Management and Development
• POLI 690: Procurement
• POLI 457: Human Resource Management and Development
• POLI 357: Organisational Theory
•   POLI 212:  Introduction to Public Administration
•   POLI 112:  Political Institutions

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

• Agbevade A (2021) Local Economic Development Implementation. In: Farazmand A. (eds.) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319.31816-5_4298-1
• Agbevade, A. (2020). Implementation dynamics of local economic development: Comparative empirical experiences from Ghana’s local governance system, Local Economy, 35(6), 609-624.
• Agbevade, A. & Tweneboah-Koduah, D. (2020). The search for a result-oriented public sector reform in Ghana: A myth or reality?, Journal of Public Administration and Governance, 10(3), 136-157.
• Agbevade, A. (2020). Local economic development and poverty reduction in Ghana: Evidence from three local government units. Greenhill Journal of Leadership and Governance, 2(1), 47-79.
• Agbevade, A. (2019). Comparative political and economic development: The place of ideology in Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana and Houphouet-Boigny’s Cote D’ivoire. ADRRI Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, Ghana.16 (4), 1-35.
• Agbevade, A. (2020). The politics of actor involvement in local economic development in Ghana: Empirical evidence from the Accra metropolitan, Keta municipal and Shai-Osudoku district assemblies. Journal of African Studies and Development, 12(2), 25-39.
• Agbevade, A. (2018). Financing local economic development in Ghana: A           comparative analysis of the Accra metropolitan, Keta municipal and Shai-Osudoku district assemblies. ADRRI Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, Ghana: 16(4), 52-73.
• Agbevade, A. (2018). Local economic development strategies and challenges: A comparative empirical evidence from Ghana’s local governance system. Journal of Public Administration and Governance, 8(4), 110-126.
• Agbevade, A. (2018). Value chain and local economic development in the Shai-Osudoku District Assembly of Ghana: The experience of the Asutuare rice farming project. Journal of Public Administration and Policy Research, 10(2), 7-19.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

• Presented papers at the 5th International Conference of the School of Social Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon.