Dr. Clement Adamba

Examination Officer

Contact info cadamba@ug.edu.gh

About

Clement Adamba 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. Dr. Adamba is currently a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Educational Studies and Leadership, School of Education and Leadership, University of Ghana. Dr. Adamba’s academic and research interest spans education, health, poverty, and social protection, with particular expertise in the study of the socio-economic dimensions of social and economic policies on households and children’s outcomes. In practice, Clement has great experience in the design and implementation of impact evaluations in education and has led several impact evaluation studies for government agencies such as the Ghana Education Service, Ministry of Education, National School Inspectorate Authority, National Development Planning Commission, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection among others. He has consulted for non-state institutions such as UNICEF, USAID, World Bank, IFC, UNESCO, WorldReader, AIR and several other international agencies. He has also collaborated with several higher education institutions local and international including the University of North Carolina, USA, Northwestern University, USA, Yale University, USA and others. He is very conversant with statistical packages such as STATA and SPSS for data management and data analysis. Clement can be contacted on his mobile number: +233 244-973-913 or via emails: cadamba@ug.edu.gh or cadamba1@yahoo.com.

Education

  • University of Ghana, (Ph.D. Development Studies)
  • University of Ghana, (MPhil Development Studies)
  • University of Education Winneba, Ghana, (B.Ed. (Hons) Social Studies and Economics)
  • St John Bosco’s Teacher Training College, Navrongo, Ghana, (Certificate ‘A’ (Post-Secondary Education)

Research Interest

  • Economics of education and health
  • Educational Financing and Governance
  • Evaluation of policy interventions in education and health
  • Examining the nexus of education and health policies for development

Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications 

  1. Adamba, C., Castillo-Canales, D., Lin, C., Gustafsson-Wright, E., Mensah, M., Moncada, R. M., Nehring, E., Painter, E., Sorachana, S., Smith, W., & Tettey L., (2023). The Childhood Cost Calculator (C3): A simple tool for costing interventions for children and youth. Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution
  2. Adamba, C. (2023), Trends in financing of basic education in Ghana – a political economy analysis, International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 37 No. 2, pp. 337-349. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-01-2022-0036 
  3. Handa, S., Liu, Z., Tembo, G., Adamba, C. & Mvula, P. (2023) ‘An empirically driven theory of poverty reduction’, CEDIL Research Project Paper 4. Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL), London and Oxford. Available from: https://doi.org/10.51744/CRPP4 
  4. Ocansey, R. T-A., Nyawornota, V. K, Adamba, C., Tay, D. A, Musah, K., Nyanyofio, O. C. N., Malete, L. and McCole, D. (2023) Promoting development of entrepreneurial skills of youth in Ghana through a structured sport intervention program. Front. Educ. 8:1135084. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1135084
  5. Quinones, S., Lin, S., Tian, L., Mendola, P., Novignon, J., Adamba, C. and Palermo T. (2023). The dose-response association between LEAP 1000 and birthweight – no clear mechanisms: a structural equation modeling approach. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.  23:364. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05707-1
  6. Novignon J, Prencipe L, Molotsky A, Valli E, de Groot R, Adamba C, & Palermo T. (2022). The Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Morbidity and Health Seeking Behaviour in Africa: Evidence from Ghana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Health Policy Plan. doi:10.1093/heapol/czac014. PMID: 35157775.
  7. McCole, D., Malete, L., Tshube, T., Mphela, T., Maro, C., Adamba, C., Machuve, J., and Ocansey, R. 2022, Sparking Entrepreneurial Tendencies in Youth: Lessons from Sport and Life Skills Education in Three African Cities. Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 15:2, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.5130/ijcre. v15i2.8207
  8. Malete L, McCole D, Tshube T, Mphela T, Maro C, Adamba C, Machuve, J. & Ocansey, R. (2022) Effects of a sport-based positive youth development program on youth life skills and entrepreneurial mindsets. PLoS ONE 17(2): e0261809. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261809
  9. Malete L, Ricketts C, Kim S, Tshube T, Mphela T, Adamba C, Ocansey R. (2022). An examination of the latent structure and reproducibility of the life skills scale for sport in Botswana and Ghana. Frontier in Psychology. 13:858406. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.858406
  10. Gelli, A., Masset, E., Adamba, C., Alderman, H.., Arhinful, D. K., Aurino, E., Folson, G., Osei-Akoto, I., Asante, F. (2021). School Meals as a Market for Smallholder Agriculture: Experimental Evidence from Ghana (October 5, 2021). IFPRI Discussion Paper 2045, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3936650 
  11. 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, ISSN:0022-166X.
  12. 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)
  13. 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
  14. 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, ISSN: 0022-3166 
  15. De Groot, R., Kuunyem, M. Y., Palermo, T., Osei-Akoto, I., Adamba, C., Darko, J. K., ..... Caparello, A. (2018). Child marriage and associated outcomes in northern Ghana: A cross-sectional study. BMC public health, 18(1), [285]. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5166-6
  16. Adamba, C. (2018). 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
  17. 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.
  18. Adamba, C., Osei-Akoto, I., Owusu, A. Y. & Ahiadeke, C. (2014). Determinants of Maternal Mortality in Ghana: A Focus on Neighbourhood Characteristics and Sociodemographic Status. Ghana Social Science Journal, Vol. 11(2). 
  19. 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. 
  20. 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). 
  21. 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. 
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. Adamba, C. (2014). Residential Relocation and Housing Instability Undermines Children’s Health: Evidence from a Scoping Analysis. Economy of Ghana Network (EGN).

Book Chapters

  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. 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).
  5. 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).
  6. 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).
  7. Working papers
  8. 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.
  9. Handa, S., Liu, Z., Tembo, G., Adamba, C. & Mvula, P. (2023) ‘An empirically driven theory of poverty reduction’, CEDIL Research Project Paper 4. Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL), London and Oxford. Available from: https://doi.org/10.51744/CRPP4
  10. 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)
  11. 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Adamba C. (2018). Conducting quantitative surveys in developing countries – sharing experiences from Ghana. UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, Florence, Italy. July 19, 2018.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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. 
  16. 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. 
  17. 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.
  18. 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. 
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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

  1. Adamba, C. (2023). Quality Learning Outcomes: The Whole-School, Whole-Community Approach. A Rapid Assessment Report Submitted to Ghana Education Service, Accra, Ghana
  2. Adamba, C. (2023). Empowering adolescent girls, embracing gender equality Advancing girls’ lower secondary education in Ghana: End of Project Evaluation Report Submitted to Ghana Education Service, Accra, Ghana
  3. Adamba, C. (2022). UNICEF/GES/MCF Partnership for COVID-19 recovery and resilience program: End of Project Evaluation Report Submitted to Ghana Education Service, Accra, Ghana
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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. 
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Ahiadeke, C., Osei-Akoto, I., Otchere, F. & Adamba, C. (2012). Feed the Future population based baseline survey in Northern Ghana, Report for USAID-USDA Ghana Monitoring Evaluation and Technical Support Services (METSS), ISSER, University of Ghana.
  12. Osei-Akoto I., Atta-Ankomah R., Domfe G. & 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. 
  13. Osei-Akoto I. & Adamba C. (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.

Journal Reviews and Other Professional Services: 

  • 2023 : Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
  • 2023 :Educational Review
  • 2020 : International Journal of Social Economics
  • 2020 : Journal of Social Economics
  • 2020 : Journal of Education Policy 
  • 2015 : Review protocol for the WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical    Diseases (TDR/WHO)
  • 2015 : Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics
  • 2013: Global Research Journal of Education
  • 2013 : British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research
  • 2012 - 2013 : Bulletin of World Health Organization
  • 2012: Journal of Economics and International Finance