Seminar Room 4

Seminar Room 6

Seminar Room 7

Main Auditorium

International Trade and Finance

Presentation- 15mins.

Discussant Comments- 5mins

Q&A- 10mins

Gender and Development

Presentation- 15mins

Discussant Comments- 5 mins; Q&A- 10mins

Human Capital Development

Presentation- 15mins

Discussant Comments- 5 mins

Q&A- 10mins

Panel Discussion:

Can Public Financial Management systems be held more accountable through Gender Responsive Budgeting?

Presentation- 12mins per presenter

Q&A- 60 minutes

Chair: Ebo Turkson

Chair: Abel Fumey

Chair: William Bekoe

Chair: Eric Osei-Assibey

Exploring the Volatilities of Chinese and American Trade with Africa: A DCC-GARCH Analysis

Presenter: Adesola Ibironke

Discussant: Yaw Nyarko

Gender Differences in Formal Wage Employment in Urban Tanzania

Presenter: Kwadwo Opoku

Discussant: Nkechi S. Owoo

Human Capital Development and Labour Market Outcomes in Africa: Evidence from Sub Saharan African Countries

Presenter: Campbell Omolara

Discussant: Louis Boakye-Yiadom

Presenters:

Bola Akanji

Funmi Soetan

Abena D. Oduro

Judy Mulusa

Bishop Akolgo

Trade Misinvoicing in Ghana’s Commodity Exports

Presenter: Angela Alu

Discussant: Adesola Ibironke

The Fight Against Corruption in Africa: The Role of Women Participation in Governance and in the Labour Market

Presenter: Ernest Amofa

Discussant: Kwadwo Opoku

Covid-19 Pandemic: Unveiling the Cost Burden of Induced Online Learning among University Students

Presenter: Benjamin Amoah

Discussant: Campbell Omolara

Harnessing Opportunities for Free Movement of the Youth for Sustainable Economic Growth Under the AfCFTA

Presenter: Donnet Odhiambo

Discussant: Angela Alu

Internalization of Patriarchal Attitude and Women’s Labour Market Outcomes and Asset Ownership in Nigeria

Presenter: Nkechi S. Owoo

Discussant: Ernest Amofa

Inequalities in School Leavers Labour Market Outcomes: Does Educational Track Matter?

Presenter: Emmanuel Boahen

Discussant: Benjamin Amoah

From Bilateral Trade to Centralized Markets: A Search Model for Commodity Exchanges in Africa

Presenter: Yaw Nyarko

Discussant: Donnet Odhiambo

Remittance Receipts by Ghana’s Households: Understanding Their Distribution and the Impact on Investment in Basic Education

Presenter: Louis Boakye-Yiadom

Discussant: Emmanuel Boahen

Main Auditorium

Seminar Room 4

Seminar Room 6

International Trade and Finance

Health and Development

Population and Demographic Economics

Chair: Eric Akobeng

Chair: Edward Nketiah-Amponsah

Chair: Nkechi S. Owoo

Taxation. Economic Growth and Trade Openness in African Countries: Heterogeneous and Semi-Parametric Panel Causality Analysis

Presenter: Abel Fumey

Discussant: Priscilla Twumasi Baffour

On the Effectiveness of Microcredit and Health Insurance Access on Vulnerable People: Evidence from Dschang District

Presenter: Christian Lambert Nguena

Discussant: Paul Kwakwa

Africa, Population Structure and Development: What Relevance, if any, China’s Economic Demography Lens

Presenter: Lauren Johnston

Discussant: Edwin Atitsogbui

Regional Integration and Non-Tariff Barriers to Intra-Africa Trade: Estimating the Treatment Effect of Intra Sub-Regional Trade Agreements and Financial integration on Bilateral Trade Costs and Exports

Presenter: Ebo Turkson

Discussant: Ama Fenny

Sustainable Development Goals 10.2 - Analysis of Social Inequality in Ghana

Presenter: Daniel Kipo-Sunyehzi

Discussant: Christian Lambert Nguena

Economic Contribution of Urban Refugees in the Host Country, Kenya

Presenter: Serge Hounton

Discussant: Lauren Johnston

Trade and Unemployment: A Panel Data Analysis of Sub-Sahara African Countries

Presenter: Priscilla Twumasi  Baffour

Discussant: Abel Fumey

Impact of Covid-19 on Maternal Health-Seeking in Ghana

Presenter: Patrick Asuming

Discussant: Daniel Kipo-Sunyehzi

International Migration from Ghana: A Gender Analysis of the Determinants

Presenter: Edwin Atitsogbui

Discussant: Serge Hounton

Financing COVID-19 Interventions in Africa: Related Fiscal Measures in Selected African Countries

Presenter: Ama Fenny

Discussant: Ebo Turkson

Natural Resources, Carbon Dioxide Emission, and Health Outcome in Ghana: The Role of Political Regime

Presenter: Paul Kwakwa

Discussant: Patrick Asuming

Seminar Room 4

Seminar Room 6

Seminar Room 7

Main Auditorium

Growth and Development

Presentation- 15mins.

Discussant Comments- 5mins

Q&A- 10mins

Firms

Presentation- 15mins.

Discussant Comments- 5mins

Q&A- 10mins

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Presentation- 15mins.

Discussant Comments- 5mins

Q&A- 10mins

Panel Discussion:

Structural transformation of African economies and Fundamental Questions: Overcoming the Debilitating Silence(s) in Contemporary Research

Presentation- 15mins

Q&A- 60mins

Chair: Kwame Agyire-Tettey

Chair: Emmanuel Codjoe

Chair: Wassiuw Abdul Rahaman

Chair: Daniel K. Twerefou

The Effect of Intergovernmental Transfers on Revenue Performance in Ghana

Presenter:  Agbemavor Fiagbe

Discussant: Marcus Bansah

Public Subsidies and The Growth in Sales of SMEs in Ghana in the Presence of Covariate Shocks

Presenter: Vera Acheampong

Discussant: Jephthah Osei

Effects of Urbanization on Food Consumption in Ghana

Presenter: Benedicta Baah

Discussant: Francisco Mugizi

Presenters:

Lloyd G. Adu Amoah

Nene-Lomotey Kuditchar          C. Amo-Agyemang

Human Capital, FDI, and Export Diversification in Africa

Presenter: Augustin Fosu

Discussant: Agbemavor Fiagbe

Financial Inclusion, Income and Wealth Inequality: Evidence from Kenya

Presenter: Peter Wamalwa

Discussant: Vera Acheampong

Migration Remittances and Consumption Expenditure Under Rain-Fed Agricultural Income: Micro-Level Evidence from Ghana

Presenter: Eric Akobeng

Discussant: Benedicta Baah

The Effects of Exogenous Shocks with Informal Credit Intermediation

Presenter: Richard Ayisi

Discussant: Augustin Fosu

Gender Wage Gap in Formal and Informal Employment in Ghana: The Role of Selection into Multiple Employment Statuses

Presenter: George Domfe

Discussant: Peter Wamalwa

Soil Quality in Rural Uganda: Do Perceived Individualized Land Rights Really Matter?

Presenter: Francisco Mugizi

Discussant: Eric Akobeng

Resource endowment, public debt, and economic growth in African countries

Presenter: Marcus Bansah

Discussant: Richard Ayisi

Debt Financing, Information Sharing and Profitability: Evidence from Listed Firms from an Emerging Economy

Presenter: Jephthah Osei

Discussant: George Domfe