Prof. Isaac Osei-Akoto

BOOK CHAPTERS

Osei-Akoto, I.and Adamba, C.,(2014). Pseudo-tax-based insurance for health care financing and iatrogenic poverty in Ghana ? in Quartey, P., Aryeetey, B-D., E., and Ackah, C., (Eds.) Domestic resource mobilisation for inclusive development in Ghana, Sub-Saharan African Publications).

Osei-Akoto, I.Robert Darko Osei and Ernest Aryeetey,(2014) Tthe incidence of indirect taxes in Ghana: Is there a Gender Bias?” in Quartey, P., Aryeetey, B-D., E., and Ackah, C., (Eds.) Domestic resource mobilisation for inclusive development in Ghana, Sub-Saharan African Publications).

Aryeetey E, I. Osei-Akoto, A. Oduro and Robert Darko Osei (2010), An investigation into the gender dimensions of taxation in Ghana in Caren Grown and Imraan Valodia (Eds.),Taxation and Gender Equity: A comparative analysis of direct and indirect taxes in developing and developed countries, Routledge.

Oduro, A., D. and Osei-Akoto, I. (2008). Tackling child poverty in Ghana,  in Amoako-Tuffour and Armah (Eds.).Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy: Lessons and Perspectives, Eds.., Lexington Books

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Clement Adamba, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Adobea Yaa Owusu, and Clement Ahiadeke (2014), Determinants of maternal mortality in Ghana: A focus on neighbourhood characteristics and socio-demographic status,Ghana Social Science Journal, Vol. 11(2), pp. 1-31.

Dean Karlan, Robert Osei, Isaac Osei-Akoto and Christopher Udry (2014). Agricultural decisions after relaxing credit and risk constraints, The Quarterly Journal of Economics 129 (2): 597-652; doi:10.1093/qje/qju002.

Mahama, A.M., Anaman, K. A. and Osei-Akoto, I. (2014). Factors influencing householders’ access to improved water in low-income urban areas of Accra, Ghana, Journal of Water and Health, Vol. 12(2): pp. 318-331; doi: 10.2166/wh.2014.149.

Osei, R. D., Osei-Akoto, I., Agyei-Holmes, A., and Ayerakwa, H. M., (2013). Do farmers respond to training? ―The Case of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)-Ghana Programme”, Journal of Food Science and Engineering, Vol. 3(13):pp.  592-608

Osei-Akoto, I., Adamba, C. and Osei, R., (2013),.The effect of health shocks on agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ghana, International Journal of Agricultural Policy and Research, Vol. 1(3), pp. 067-079.

Osei-Akoto, I.,Adamba, C., Fenny, A. P., and Tsikata, D., (2013), Client power and access to quality health care: an assessment of Ghana’s Health Insurance System, Journal of African Development, Vol. 15(1).

Canavan, M. E., Sipsma, H. E., Adhvaryu, A., Ofori-Atta, A., Jack, H., Udry, C., Osei-Akoto, I., and Bradley, E. H. (2013), Psychological distress in Ghana: associations with employment and lost productivity, International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 7:9.

Sipsma, H., Ofori-Atta, A., Canavan, M. E., Osei-Akoto, I., Udry, C., and Bradley, E. H., (2013), Poor mental health in Ghana: who is at risk?BMC Public Health 13:288.

Osei, R. D., Osei-Akoto, I., and Kyere-Boateng, R. (2013), Farmer training and household labour use,Pentvars Business Journal Vol. 7(1, 2, 3), pp. 28-38.

Baidoo, I., Ramatu M. Al-Hassan, Asuming-Brempong, S., Osei-Akoto, I., and Asante, F. A. (2013)., Willingness to pay for improved water for farming in the Upper East Region of Ghana, Greener Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Vol. 3(4), pp.  271-279.

Agyei-Holmes, A., Osei-Akoto, I. and Asante, B.O, (2013). Cost structure of yam farmers in Ghana: the case of the forest savannah transition agro-ecological zone, (forthcoming, Ghana Journal of Agricultural Sciences, No.2 (2013).

Michael David Wilson, Mike Osei-Atweneboana, D. Adjei Boakye, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Emmanuel Obuobi, Carl Wiafe, and Anthony Kiszewski, (2012., Efficacy of DEET and non-DEET based insect repellents against bites of simulium damnosum vectors of onchocerciasis”, Medical and Veterinary Entomology: ID- MVE-12-0594.R1.

Nathan Blanchet, Gunther Fink and Isaac Osei-Akoto, (2012)) The effect of Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme on health care utilization, Ghana Medical Journal, Vol. 46(2), pp. 076-084.

Sally-Anne Ohene and Osei-Akoto, I. (2008). Factors associated with sexually transmitted infections among young Ghanaian women, Ghana Medical Journal, Vol. 42(3), pp.  96-100.

Oduro, A., D. and Osei-Akoto, I. (2008),Market participation and rural poverty in Ghana in the era of globalization, Africa Development Review, Vol. 20(1) pp. 94-114.

DISCUSSION  AND WORKING PAPERS

Eric Ekobor-Ackah Mochiah, Robert Darko Osei, and Isaac Osei-Akoto, (2014). The impact of conditional cash transfer programmes on household work decisions in Ghana, WIDER Working Paper 2014/116, World Institute for Development Economics Research.

Isaac Osei-Akoto, Simon Bawakyillenuo, G. Owusu, Emmanuel Larbi Offei, Charles Yaw Okyere, and Innocent Komla Agbelie, (2014). Labour Intensive Public Works (LIPW) of Ghana Social Opportunities Project (GSOP) - Short term impact evaluation, Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana.

Robert Darko Osei, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Thomas Ansre, Eric Mochiah, and Richard Frempong, (2014).  A Survey of the Bread Basket Region in Ghana, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).

Robert Darko Osei, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Thomas Ansre, Eric Mochiah, Yago Namaro and Richard Frempong, (2014). A survey of the Bread Basket region in Burkina Faso, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).

G. Domfe, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah and G. Owusu, (2013). Labour market analysis and business process outsourcing in Ghana: Poverty reduction through information and digital employment initiative, Research Report No. 2, University of Kwazulu-Natal

Sudhanshu Handa, Michael Park, Robert Osei Darko, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Benjamin Davis and Silvio Diadone, (2013). Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Program - Impact evaluation, Carolina Population Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Simon Bawakyillenuo, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Clement Ahiadeke, Ellen Bortei-Doku Aryeetey, and Edem K. Agbe, (2013). Tertiary education and industrial development in Ghana, IGC Working Paper, International Growth Centre, London.

Michael Park, Sudhanshu Handa, Robert Osei Darko, and Isaac Osei-Akoto (2012). Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Program - Assessment of LEAP Operations, Carolina Population Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Chowa, G., Ansong, D., Masa, R., Despard, M., Osei-Akoto, I., Atta-Ankomah, R., Agyei-Holmes, A., and Sherraden M., (2012). Youth and saving in Ghana: A baseline report from the YouthSave Ghana experiment, CSD Research Report, No. 12-56. Center for Social Development, Washington University (CSD) and Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER).

Clement Ahiadeke, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Frank Otchere and Clement Adamba, (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.

Chowa, G. A. N., Ansong, D., and Osei-Akoto, I. (2012. Parental involvement and academic performance in Ghana, (YouthSave Research Brief, 12-42). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Chowa, G. A. N., Masa, R., and Osei-Akoto, I. (2012), Youth and their health in Ghana, (YouthSave Research Brief, 12-41). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Chowa, G. A. N., Despard, M., and Osei-Akoto, I. (2012). Financial knowledge and attitudes of Youth in Ghana, (YouthSave Research Brief, 12-37). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Chowa, G. A. N., Despard, M., and Osei-Akoto, I. (2012., Youth saving patterns and performance in Ghana, (YouthSave Research Brief, 12-36). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Chowa, G. A. N., Masa, R., and Osei-Akoto, I. (2012). Youth in the Ghana experiment: characteristics and living conditions, (YouthSave Research Brief, 12-35). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Dean Karlan, Robert Darko Osei, Isaac Osei-Akoto, and Christopher Udry (2012). Agricultural decisions after relaxing credit and risk constraints, NBER Discussion Paper No. 18463.

Johnson, L., Lee, Y., Osei-Akoto, I., Njenga, M., and Sharma, S. (2012).  Product pilot report: youth savings performance in Ghana, Kenya, and Nepal, (YouthSave Research Brief, 12-38). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Isaac Osei-Akotoand Richmond Atta-Ankomah, (2012). Estimating economic burden of malaria in Ghana: A case of under-five children from three endemic districts, Report for the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), Seattle, USA

The WHSA-II Writing Team (2011). Final report on Women’s Health Study of Accra, Wave II, ISSER Technical Publication No. 091: Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana.

Asante, F., Osei-Akoto, I. and Nkegbe, P. K. (2009). Determinants of production investment decisions of farm households in the Ghana in Volta Basin, ISSER Technical Publication No. 90.

Isaac Osei-Akoto  (2009). Citizens’ assessment of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana a Report for NDPC/Ernst and Young/Ghana, 2009.

Osei-Akoto, I., Irene Ampaabeng and Ama Pokua Fenny (2008). Customary land tenure practices, investment and agricultural production in Ghana, ISSER Technical Publication No. 76.

Osei-Akoto, I., Osei, R.D., Adiah, G. A-N., and Quarmine, W. (2007). Public spending at the district level in Ghana, IFPRI, Ghana Strategy Support Program (GSSP) Background Paper, No. GSSP 0008.

Osei, R.D., Osei-Akoto, I., Quarmine, W., and Adiah, G. A-N. (2007). Public spending in Ghana: An assessment of national level data (1995 – 2005), IFPRI, Ghana Strategy Support Program (GSSP) Background Paper, No. GSSP 0004.

Isaac Osei-Akoto(2007).  District Human Development Report for West Gonja District, a Report to UNDP on behalf of Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), 2007.