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Daniel Kwabena Twerefou

1.  EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

1996 – 1999: Ph.D (Economics), Moscow State University of Instrument Engineering and Computer Science, Moscow, Russia.
1994 – 1996: MSc. (Mathematics), Russian Friendship University, Moscow.
1989 – 1994: BSc. (Mathematics), Russian Friendship University, Moscow.
1985 – 1987: Higher School Certificate – General Certificate Examination “Advanced” Level, Pope   John Secondary School, Koforidua, Ghana.
1980 – 1985: Higher School Certificate – General Certificate Examination “Ordinary” Level, Pope   Nkawkaw Secondary School, Nkawkaw, Ghana.

2. RESEARCH INTEREST
1. Environmental and Natural Resource Economic in relation to climate change and sustainable development
2. Renewable energy
3. Extrative industry
4. Natural resource accounting
5. Development and Microeconomics economics related to poverty/income distribution

3. COURSES TAUGHT
a) ECON 717 Applied Natural Resource Economics (PhD level)
b) ECON 722 Political Economy of African Development (PhD level)
c) ISDS 709 Population, Environment and Health  (PhD level, Section on environment )
d) ECON 627 Environment and Natural Environmental Economics I  (Mphil level)
e) ECON 628  Environment and Natural Environmental Economics II  (Mphil level)
f) ECON 601 Microeconomics Theory  I (Mphil level)
g) ECON 602 MicroeconomicsTheory  II (Mphil level)
h) CCSD 602: Climate Change Mitigation For Sustainable Development  (MSc level)
i) ISDA 617 Environment and Development(MA and MSc levels)
j) EPMP 602: Microeconomics for Policy Management

k) ECON 315 Applied Mathematical for Economists (Undergraduate level)
l) ECON 316  Applied Statistics for Economists  (Undergraduate level)
m) ECON 203 Elements of Mathematics for Economiists (Undergraduate level)
n) ECON 203 Elements of Statistics  for Economiists  (Undergraduate level)
o) ECON  216  Economy of Ghana  II (Undergraduate level, Sections on Environment and Poverty))
p) ECON 102: Introduction to Economics Ii (Undergraduate level)

 
4. SELECTED PROJECTS AND CONSULTANCIES

1. Twerefou, D. K., Tutu, K. A. The Potential, Uptake And Business Case For Solar Energy In Ghana As An Alternative Energy Source.  UNU-INRA, 2018

2. Twerefou, D. K. Economic And Financial Analysis of the Ghana Land Administration 2 Project. World Bank, 2018

3. Twerefou, D. K., Sustainable Development Goals Indicator Baseline Report 2017 – Ghana (Drafted the Goals related to the environment), National Development Planning Commission, 2018

4. Twerefou, D. K., Akpalu, W.  Potential Social and Economic Benefits of Climate Change, UNTAD, 2017
5. Twerefou, D. K , Osei-Assibey, E. Development of  revenue forecast model for the natural resource Sector in Ghana, World Bank through SRS –NREG,        2016

6. Twerefou, D. K., Tutu, K. A., Twum, E.  Development of a framework for Natural Capital Accounting for Ghana, World Bank through SRS –NREG,  2016

7. Twerefou, D. K , Osei-Assibey, Public Expenditure Review of the Forestry Sector, World Bank through SRS –NREG, 2015

8. Twerefou, D. K. Development of a Low Carbon Development Strategy for Ghana  (Coordinated and participatedin the drafting of the document), United Nations RISO through MESTI,   2014

9. Twerefou, D. K., Development of Sustainable Development Goals for West Africa Subregion, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa,  2013

10. Twerefou, D. K., (through Transport Research, UK and IDL) Preparation of Transport Sector Research Strategy, Climate Change Strategy and Costed Implementation Plan,

11. Twerefou, D. K., Tutu, K. A. Ahenkan, A. A. Development of an Investor Guide for Ghana on the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) Under the UNFCCC Framework,  UNDP through MESTI Ghana,  2012

12. Twerefou, D. K., Preparation of the Review Report on Progress towards Sustainable Development in Ghana, UNDP through MEST, /2011

13. Twerefou, D. K., Development of Innovative Financial Mechanism for the Operational Costs and the Implementation of Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem’s Strategic Action Plan, GCLME/UNIDO, 2011

14. Twerefou, D. K., Preparation of the Review Report on Progress towards Sustainable Development in West Africa, ECOWAS/UNECA/AfDB, 2011

15. Twerefou, D. K., Dzobo, D. B. and Agbanu, H. Socio-economic and Cultural Factors Preventing or Facilitating the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Ghana 
16. Funding: Ghana AIDS Commission,2008 

17. Twerefou, D. K., Making Aid More Effective: Evidence and Lessons from Civil Society In Ghana, Center for Democratic Development –Ghana, 2007

18. Twerefou, D. K., Baseline Study on Compliance of the Ghana Business Code, DANIDA, 2006

19. Twerefou, D. K. and Kuuzegh, R. Development and Implementation of National Strategies for Sustainable Development: The Case of Ghana, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), through MEST, 2006

20. Twerefou, D. K. Tutu, K. A., Amu, R. Energy Balance And Environmental Impact Assessment For Ghana, DANIDA through Energy Commission, 2002

21. Twerefou, D. K. (through KPMG) Development of a Social Impact Assessment Strategy, World Bank through the National Institutional Renewal Programmes, 2004

5. PUBLICATIONS
Book(s) 

1. Frimpong, G., Twerefou, D. K. and Ofosu-Tenkorang, K. (2012). International Liberalization of Trade in ICT Services: Challenges for the private sector and implications for the implementation of public policies in Ghana. Accra: CSIR/STEPRI and Woeli Publishing Services. ISBN: 978-9988-1-6189-7.

2. Twerefou, D. K. and Kawar, M. (2008). Towards Decent Work in Liberia: A Labour Market and Employment Assessment. Geneva: International Labour Office. ISBN: 9789221217787; 9789221217794 (web pdf).

 

Edited Book(s)
3. Twerefou, D. K., Quartey P., Boakye-Yiadom L. and Baah-Boateng W (Eds.) (2013). Readings on Key Economic Issues in Ghana. Accra: Digibooks Ghana Ltd. ISBN: 978-9988-1-9154-2.

Chapters in Books
4.  Twerefou, D. K and Tutu, K. A. (2016).  Managing the Environment for Development. In Aryeetey, E and Kanbur, R. (Eds), The Economy of Ghana Sixty Years After Independence (pp 242-260). London: Oxford University Press. ISBN

5. Twerefou, D. K. Osei-Assibey, E. and Senadza, B. (2015). Ghana: globalization and development outcomes. In S. T. Otsubo (Ed), Globalization and Development Outcome, Volume 2: Country Experiences (pp 184-214). London and New York: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-138-78159-7. 

6. Twerefou, D. K. (2014). Experiences in Managing Oil Issues: The Norwegian Experience and its Implications for Ghana. In  E. Aryeetey, R. O. Darko, and P. Quartey (Eds.), Managing Ghana’s Oil Boom for structural transformation (pp 49-74). Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers. ISBN: 978-9988-75-092-3.

7. Twerefou, D. K.  Akolmolga N. D. and Barimah A. (2014). The Impact of Public Health Expenditure on Health Outcomes in Ghana. In F. A. Asante, A. Y. Owusu and C. Ahiadeke (Eds.), Placing Health at the Center of Development (pp 206-229). Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers. ISBN: 978-9988-75-096-1.

8. Twerefou, D. K. (2012). Social Partners and Poverty Reduction Strategies in Ghana – Can this be a Development Success Story. In D. K. Twerefou, P. Quartey, L. Boakye-Yiadom and W. Baah-Boateng (Eds), Readings on Key Economic Issues in Ghana (pp 57-75). Accra: Digibooks Ghana Ltd. ISBN: 978-9988-1-9154-2.

9. Twerefou,  D. K., Tutu, K. A., Justice, M. and Armah, M. K. (2013). Willingness to Pay for Vehicle Towing insurance in Ghana. In D. K. Twerefou, P. Quartey, L. Boakye-Yiadom and W. Baah-Boateng  and (Eds), Readings on Key Economic Issues in Ghana (pp 259-285). Accra: Digibooks Ghana Ltd. ISBN: 978-9988-1-9154-2.

10. Twerefou, D. K., Osei-Assibey E. (2008). Environmental Sustainability and Poverty Reduction in Ghana. In J. Amoako-Tuffour and B. Armah B (Eds), Poverty Reduction Strategies in Action: Perspectives and Lessons from Ghana (pp 295-312). New York: Lexington Books, ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-1010-2. 

11. Twerefou, D. K. and Kwakye E. (2004). Economic Challenges Posed by HIV/AIDS. In Ghana Human Development Report, 2004: Breaking the Chain; A Human Development Challenge   (pp 84-84). Accra: UNDP/UNFPA. ISBN: 9988-8293-2-9.

 

Journal Articles

12. Twerefou, D.K., Akpalu, W. and Mensah, A. C. E. (2019).  Trade-induced environmental quality: the role of factor endowment and environmental regulation in Africa. Climate and Development, DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2018.1562868

13. Twerefou, D. K and  Ayimadu, B. (2018). Effects of Financial Deepening on Saving Mobilization: Evidence from African Countries. International Journal of Contemporary Research and Review, 9(07), 20917-20928. https://doi.org/10.15520/ijcrr/2018/9/07/555

14. Twerefou, D. K., Iddrisu1 S. I. and Twum,  E. A. (2018). Energy Consumption and Economic Growth: Evidence from the West African Sub Region. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 26(SI), 2018: 242 – 258

15. Twerefou, D. K., Abbey, E., Codjoe, E. A., Ngotho, P. S. (2019). Impact of Stock Market Development on Economic Growth: Evidence from Selected Sub‑Saharan African Countries.  Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 67(3): 0000    –    0000.

16. Twerefou, D. K,, Danso-Mensah, K. and  Bokpin, G. A. (2017). The environmental effects of economic growth and globalization in Sub-Saharan Africa: A panel general method of moments approach. Research in International Business and Finance

17. Twerefou, D. K., Ayimpusah E. A., Owusu-Afriyie, J., Adjei-Mantey, J., Bokpin, G.A (2017). The contest for mineral wealth: an economic analysis of conflicts in Ghanaian mining communities. International Review of Applied Economics

18. Twerefou, D. K, Adusah-Poku F., Bekoe W. (2016). An Empirical Examination of the Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis for Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Ghana: an ARDL Approach. Environmental and Socio-economic Studies, 4, 4: pp 1-12

19. Appiah-Konadu, P., Shitsi, J. F., Abokyi, E., Twerefou, D. K.(2016). The Effect of Foreign Aid on Economic Growth in Ghana. African Journal of Economic Review, Vol 4 (2), pp2 48-261

20. Rosenbaum S. M., Billinger S., Twerefou D. K., Isola  W. A., (2016). Income Inequality and Cooperative Propensities in Developing Economies. International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 43, 2 pp. 1460 – 1480

21. Twerefou, D. K., Chinowsky, P., Adjei-Mantey, K. and  Strzepek, N. L. (2015). The Economic Impact of Climate Change on Road Infrastructure in Ghana. Sustainability, 7, 11949-11966.

22. Twerefou, D. K., Appiah-Konadu P., Anaman, K. A. (2015). The Impact of International Trade on the Quality of Natural Environment: A Case Study of Ghana from 1970-2010. Ghana Social Science Journal, 12 (1), 1-21.

23. Twerefou, D. K., Senadza B., Owusu-Afriyie, J. (2014). Determinants of poverty among male-headed and female-headed households in Ghana. Ghanaian Journal of Economics, 2, 77-96.

24. Twerefou, D. K. (2014). Willingness to pay for improved power supply in Ghana. Modern Economy, 5, 489-498.

25. Osei-Assibey, E., Bokpin, A. G., Twerefou, D. K. (2012). Microenterprise Financing Preference: Testing POH within the Context of Ghana’s Rural Financial Market. Journal of Economics Studies, 29 (1), 84-105. 

26. Twerefou, D. K., Adjei-Ababio, D. (2012). An Economic Valuation of the Kakum National Park: An Individual Travel Cost Approach. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 6 (4), 199-207.

27. Twerefou, D. K., Turkson E. F., Darkwah, S. (2011). Baseline Study on the Compliance of the Ghana Business Code. Journal of Regional Development, 3 (1),  1-14

28. Twerefou, D. K., Osei-Assibey, E. Agyire-Tettey, F. (2011). Land Tenure Security, Investment and the Environment in Ghana. Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, 3 (6), 261-273.

29. Twerefou, D. K., Fumey, A., Osei-Assibey, E., Asmah, E. (2010). Buoyancy and Elasticity of Tax: Empirical Evidence from Ghana, 1970 – 2007.  West Africa Journal of Monetary and Economic Integration, 10 (2), 36-70.

30. Twerefou, D. K., Agyire-Tettey, F. K., Mawutor, G. (2007). Energy Consumption and Economic Growth: Evidence from Ghana. West Africa Journal of Monetary and Economic Integration, 7 (2), 91-119.

31. Twerefou, D. K. (2007). An Assessment of Ghana’s Efforts in Achieving Sustainable Development.  Legon Journal of International Affairs (LEJIA), 4 (2), 53-83.

32. Twerefou, D. K., Osei-Akoto, I., Achakoma, K. (2006). Determinants of Capital Structure Decisions of Listed Firms in Ghana. West Africa Journal of Monetary and Economic Integration, 6 (2), 76-98.

33. Twerefou, D. K., Kwabi Nimo, M. (2005). The Impacts of Macroeconomic Risks on Asset Pricing in Ghana. African Development Review, 17 (1), 168-192. 

34. Akoena, S. K. K., Twerefou, D. K. (2003). Energy Demand and Projections in the Manufacturing Sector of Ghana (2000-2020). GIMPA Journal of Leadership, Management and Administration, 2 (1), 42-62.

35. Akoena, S. K. K. and Twerefou, D. K. (2002). Improving Road Transport fuel Efficiency and Consumption in Ghana, GIMPA Journal of Leadership, Management and Productivity, 1(2), 1-19.

36. Twerefou, D. K. (2000). Cost Effectiveness of Utility Grid Extension Versus Photovoltaic Power. Journal of Management Studies, 17, 116-130.

 

Other (Publications)
Peer Reviewed Technical Papers

37. Twerefou, D. K., Aryeetey E., Osei Baffour (2007). Impact of Mining Sector Reforms on Output, Employment and Incomes, 1992-2002. ISSER Technical Publication No. 75. ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon.

38. Aryeetey, E., Ramatu, M. A., Assuming-Brempong, S., Twerefou D. K. (2007). The Organization of Land Markets and Production in Ghana. ISSER Technical Publication No. 73, University of Ghana.

 

Working papers

39. Twerefou D. K., Tutu,K. A. Owusu-Afriyie J. and Adjei-Mantey K. (2015). Attitudes of Local People to Mining Policies and Interventions. International Growth Center Working Paper, May, 2015, International Growth Center, London, UK.

40. Twerefou D. K. (2013). Aid and the Environment in Ghana, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) Working Paper No. 2013/123 November, 2013, UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland.

41. Antwi-Asare, T., Cockburn J., Cooke E. A., Fofana I., Tiberti L., Twerefou, D. K. (2010). Simulating the Impact of the Global Economic Crisis and Policy Responses on Children in Ghana, Modelling Policies and Shocks (MPIA) Working Paper 2010-16, Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), University of Laval, Canada.

42. Twerefou, D. K. (2009). A Study on Mineral Exploitation, Environmental Sustainability and Sustainable Development in EAC, SADC and ECOWAS Regions. African Trade Policy Work in Progress No. 79. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

43. Twerefou, D. K., Osei Kwadwo, E. and Turkson, E. F. (2007). Labour Market flexibility and Employment and Income Security for Ghana. Employment Policy Working Paper Series No. 1. Geneva: International Labour Organization, ISBN: 978 92-2 119608-2.

 

Conference Proceedings
44. Twerefou, D. K. Incoom G. K. P., (2009). Sensitivity of Household Consumption patterns in Ghana. International Conference on Applied Business Research organized by the Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic, Kasetsart University, Thailand and the University of Malta from 21-25, September 2009 in Malta. ISBN: 978-80-7375-323-2.

Daniel Kwabena Twerefou
Associate Professor and Director, AQAU
M. Sc (Math), PhD (Economics)
Interests: 
Environmental and Natural Resource Economic in relation to climate change and sustainable development, Renewable energy, Extrative industry, Natural resource accounting, Development and Microeconomics economics related to poverty