Dr. Charles Yaw Okyere

Dr. Charles Yaw Okyere

Contact info cyokyere@ug.edu.gh

About

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Charles Y. Okyere holds a Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (Dr. Agr.) degree from the University of Bonn, Germany. He had doctoral (Ph.D.) studies at the Department of Economic and Technological Change, Center for Development Research (ZEF). His doctorate dissertation which was submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture is entitled “Water Quality in Multipurpose Water Systems, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health Outcomes in Ghana”. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Ghana, Legon. He currently teaches Fisheries Economics and co-teaches Econometrics and Project Analysis at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness and Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences. In September 2017, he was selected as part of ten fellows for the inaugural EIB-GDN Program in Applied Development Finance. As part of the fellowship program, he worked with Arianna Legovini (Manager, Development Impact Evaluation, The World Bank) and Alexandros Sarris (Professor of Economics, University of Athens) as expert advisors. His task was to evaluate the effects of Internet services on educational institutions in Kenya. In addition, he has work experience from three countries: Ghana, Germany and Kenya. In May 2013, he successfully completed 14.73x: The Challenges of Global Poverty, an online learning initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) through edX. Charles Y. Okyere holds a Master of Philosophy degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ghana and also worked with ISSER from February 2012 to September 2012 as a Research Assistant on Ghana Social Opportunities Project (GSOP) and Feed the Future Population Based Survey (FtF PBS). The main activities for these two projects included training data enumerators, conducting a reconnaissance survey, monitoring data collection exercise and supervising data entry, data analysis and report writing. Between 2009 and 2012, Charles Y. Okyere worked for research organizations (including International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and ACDI/VOCA) on a part-time basis on data collection and entry. 

Education

BSc. (UDS), MPhil. (Ghana), PhD.(Germany)

Research Interest

His research interest areas include the application of behavioral, experimental and quasi-experimental economic techniques to health, education, agriculture, and welfare. He has skills in conducting socioeconomic surveys (for instance, data collection and analysis) and has been involved in the collection of data in seven regions of Ghana on various development issues, using both quantitative and qualitative techniques. He can contribute to teaching, particularly on econometrics, research methods, agricultural, development, behavioral and experimental economics, and application for research funding. He has experience in managing funds for impact evaluations including budgeting and rendering of accounts to the Global Development Network, India and University of Bonn, Germany. Since 2015, he has participated in international conferences with funding from University of Bonn, Germany and other organizations. He has a fair idea on the use of socio-economic surveys and also a computer literate with good knowledge in computer programs such as SPSS, Microsoft Office, Eviews, Stata and Limdep for data management, data analysis, econometric modeling and report writing. Over the years, he had the opportunity of working with researchers such as Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun and the late Prof. Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere either as a Junior Researcher or co-author.

Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Okyere, C. Y., Atta-Ankomah, R., Asante-Addo, C., & Kornher, L. (2025). The effect of carbon farming training on food security and development resilience in Northern Ghana. Climate and Development, 17(2), 162-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2024.2342682  
  2. Abu, B. M., Sarpong, D. B., Osei-Asare, Y. B., Okyere, C. Y., & Kim, T. (2024). Determinants of an extended metric of agricultural commercialization in Ghana. Scientific African, e02412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2024.e02412 
  3. Okyere, C. Y., Abu, B. M., Asante-Addo, C., & Kodua, T. T. (2024). Gendered health effects of cooking fuel technologies in southern Ghana. Technology in Society, 77, 102525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102525  
  4. Okyere, C. Y., Otchere, F., Darko, J. K., & Osei, C. K. (2024). COVID-19 and Child Education Outcomes in Southern Ghana. Heliyon, 10(4), e26238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26238  
  5. Ankrah, D. A., Okyere, C. Y., Mensah, J., & Anaglo, J. N. (2024). Choice and intensity of climate variability adaptation strategies: Evidence from maize farmers in southern Ghana. Geographical Review, 114(1), 99-123.. https://doi.org/10.1080/00167428.2023.2212390   
  6. Okyere, C. Y., & Kornher, L. (2023). Carbon farming training and welfare: Evidence from Northern Ghana. Land Use Policy, 134, 106932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106932.
  7. Obeng‐Amoako, O. G. A., Nyan, C.P., Clottey, J., Oppong, S.A., Asafo‐Agyei, E.K., Kotchofa, P., Okyere, C.Y., Walelign, S.Z., Manuh, T., & Ameyaw, D.S. (2023). PROTOCOL: The Impact of Infrastructure on Low Income Consumers' Nutritious Diet, Women's Economic Empowerment, and Gender Equality in Low‐And Middle‐Income Countries: An Evidence and Gap Map. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 19(3), e1353. https://doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1353 
  8. Ankrah, D., Okyere, C., Mensah, J., & Okata, E. (2023). Effect of Climate Variability Adaptation Strategies on Maize Yield in the Cape Coast Municipality, Ghana. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 9:1, 2247166. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2023.2247166
  9. Atta Ankomah, R., & Okyere, C. Y. (2023). Welfare Effects of Financial Inclusion Services in Ghana: A Comparative Analysis of Mobile Money and Other Financial Services. Global Social Welfare, 10(1), pp. 83–92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40609-022-00234-x  
  10. Okyere, C. Y.,  & Ahene-Codjoe, A. A. (2022). Irrigated Agriculture and Welfare: Panel Data Evidence from Southern Ghana. The European Journal of Development Research, 34(2), pp. 583 - 610. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-021-00384-2  
  11. Okyere, C. Y. (2022). The Effect of Internet Services on Child Education Outcomes: Evidence from poa! Internet in Kenya. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 14(1), pp.4-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2020.1829001  
  12. Okyere, C. Y., Ankrah, D. A., & Ahene‐Codjoe, A. A. (2022). Intra‐household health effects of irrigation in Southern Ghana. Irrigation and Drainage, 71(1), 268-285. https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2630  
  13. Okyere, C. Y. (2021). Evaluation of Alternative Mosquito Control Measures on Malaria in Southern Ghana. Scientific African, 13, e00866. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e00866 
  14. Okyere, C. Y. (2021). Demand for Environmental Quality: Averting Behaviors Impacts and Valuation in Southern Ghana. Water Policy, 23(2), pp.358–375. https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2021.196  
  15. Okyere, C. Y.  and M. A. Usman (2021). The Impact of Irrigated Agriculture on Child Nutrition Outcomes in Southern Ghana. Water Resources and Economics, 33, 100174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wre.2020.100174  
  16. Okyere, C. Y. (2020).  Environmental Quality, Gender and Health Outcomes in Southern Ghana. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 22(8), pp.7865–7886. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-019-00550-x 
  17. Okyere, C. Y., E. H. Pangaribowo, and N. Gerber (2019). Household Water Quality Testing and Information: Identifying Impacts on Health Outcomes, and Sanitation and Hygiene-related Risk-mitigating Behaviors. Evaluation Review, 43(6), pp.370-395. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193841X19885204  
  18. Okyere, C. Y. and E. H. Pangaribowo (2018). Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Practices among Selected Public Basic Schools in Southern Ghana. Ghana Social Science Journal, 15(2), pp.90-117. http://ss.ug.edu.gh/journal/vol15-2018  
  19. Okyere, C. Y. and F. A. Asante (2017). Perceptions and Determinants of Households’ Participation in a Randomized Evaluation on Water Quality Testing and Information in Southern Ghana. Water Policy, 19(6), pp. 1206-1224. http://wp.iwaponline.com/content/19/6/1206.  
  20. Okyere, C. Y., Y. Yacouba and D. Gilgenbach (2013). The Problem of Annual Occurrences of Floods in Accra: An Integration of Hydrological, Economic and Political Perspectives. Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, 8(2), pp.45-79. http://um.ase.ro/no82/4.pdf 
  21. Asenso-Okyere, K., D. B. Sarpong, C. Y. Okyere, A. Mensah-Bonsu and S. Asuming-Brempong (2013). Modeling the Determinants of Farmers’ Decision on Exclusive Schooling and Child Labor in the Cocoa Sector of Ghana. Global Journal of Human Social Science: Economics, 13(3), pp.1-10. http://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/viewFile/585/532 

Book Chapters

  1. Okyere, C. Y., Atta-Ankomah, R., & Asante-Addo, C. (2024). Does digital financial inclusion improve food security and household resilience? Evidence from Northern Ghana. In Financial Inclusion and Sustainable Rural Development (pp. 403-424). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6132-6_17 
  2. Atta-Ankomah, R., Asante-Addo, C., Okyere, C. Y., & Asante-Poku, N. A. (2024). Does digital financial technology improve access to finance among households experiencing idiosyncratic health shocks in Ghana?. In Financial Inclusion and Sustainable Rural Development (pp. 451-484). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6132-6_19 
  3. Okyere, C. Y., Atta-Ankomah, R., & Asante-Addo, C. (2024). Mobile money adoption, farm performance and household welfare in Northern Ghana. In Financial Inclusion and Sustainable Rural Development (pp. 425-450). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6132-6_18 
  4. Anaman, K. A. and C. Y. Okyere (2012). Ministry of Food and Agriculture Expenditures and the Output of the Smallholder Non-cocoa Sector in Ghana. In Agriculture and Socioeconomic Development of Ghana: Some Policy Issues, Institute for Democratic Governance, Accra, Ghana, pp. 137-150.

Discussion and Working Papers

  1. Okyere, C. Y.  and M. A. Usman (2023). The Impact of Irrigated Agriculture on Child Nutrition Outcomes in Southern Ghana. African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Research Paper 538, Nairobi, Kenya, pp.44. Available online at: https://publication.aercafricalibrary.org/handle/123456789/3642  
  2. Okyere, C. Y. and L. Kornher (2022). Carbon Farming Training and Welfare: Evidence from Northern Ghana. ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy No. 320, Center for Development Research, Bonn, September, pp. 27. Available online at: https://www.zef.de/fileadmin/webfiles/downloads/zef_dp/ZEF_DP_320.pdf  
  3. Osei, R. D., F. Asem, C. Y. Okyere, J. W. Appiah Kubi, J. Onumah, Y. Ofori-Appiah, and B. Wong (2020). Prioritising Agriculture Growth in Ghana. Ghana Priorities, Copenhagen Consensus Center, 2020. License: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 4.0. Available online at: https://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/publication/ghana-priorities-agriculture 
  4. Gerber, N., J. von Braun, M. A. Usman, M. M. Hasan, C. Y. Okyere, R. Vangani, and D. Wiesmann (2019). Water, Sanitation and Agriculture Linkages with Health and Nutrition Improvement. ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy No. 282, Center for Development Research, Bonn, September 2019, pp. 79. Available online at: https://www.zef.de/fileadmin/user_upload/ZEF_DP_282.pdf  
  5. Okyere, C. Y., E. H. Pangaribowo, F. A. Asante, and J. von Braun (2017). The Impacts of Household Water Quality Testing and Information on Safe Water Behaviors: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Ghana. ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy No. 234, Center for Development Research, Bonn, March, pp.57. Available online at: http://www.zef.de/uploads/tx_zefnews/zef_dp_234.pdf  

Research and Consultancy Reports

  1. Osei-Akoto, I. and C. Y. Okyere (2023). Ghana Informal Sector Measurement Study – Household Survey Component: Report on Survey Data Collection. A Report Submitted to the World Bank, Washington DC, USA.
  2. Osei-Akoto, I., R. Atta-Ankomah, M. Awo and C. Y. Okyere (2022). Impact Evaluation of Production Inclusion (PI) Component of the Ghana Productive Safety Net Project (GPSNP): Report on Baseline Survey Data Collection. A Report Submitted to the World Bank, Washington DC, USA.
  3. Ayerakwa, H. M., C. Y. Okyere, B. Senadza, G. Asare, C. A. Oppong and A. A. Mills (2021). Public Opinion Survey for the Development of Secondary Education Strategy. A Report Submitted to the Ministry of Education, and Transforming Teaching, Education and Learning (T-TEL), Accra, Ghana. 
  4. Okyere, C. Y., I. S. Egyir and J. Bandanaa (2021). Development of a Career Pathway Map for the Agriculture and Agribusiness sector of Ghana. A Report Submitted to the GIZ Ghana Office, Accra, Ghana.
  5. Mensah-Bonsu, A., I. S. Egyir and C. Y. Okyere (2021). Socio-Economic Study of Biochar and Compost Use by Farmers. A Report Submitted to USAID/UG Institutional Capacity Building for Agriculture Productivity Project Secretariat, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
  6. Okyere, C. Y. (2019). Evaluating the Effects of Poa! Internet on Educational Institutions in Kenya: A Deep Dive Report. A Report Submitted to the European Investment Bank, Luxembourg and Global Development Network, India. 
  7. Osei-Akoto, I., S. Bawakyillenuo, G. Owusu, E. L. Offei, C. Y. Okyere, and I. K. Agbelie (2014). Short Term Impact Evaluation Report on Labour Intensive Public Works (LIPW) of Ghana Social Opportunities Project (GSOP). A Report Submitted to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development of Ghana/The World Bank, Accra, Ghana.

Policy Briefs, Preprints and Blog Posts

  1. Okyere, C. Y., B. M.  Abu, C. Asante-Addo and T. T. Kodua (2022). Gendered Health Effects of Cooking Fuel Technologies in Southern Ghana. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4183316 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4183316 
  2. Okyere, C. Y. and B. M. Abu (2021). Digital Technology, the Pandemic, and Educational Outcomes in Africa. Available online at: http://globaldev.blog/blog/digital-technology-pandemic-and-educational-outcomes-africa
  3. Anaman, K. A., K. Impraim and C. Y. Okyere (2011). The Public Agricultural Budget Analysis Process in Ghana. Institute for Democratic Governance, Accra, Ghana, 10 pp.