Ralph Armah is a research fellow at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER). He holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Kansas State University, where he was a scholar of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab on the Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss. Ralph received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ghana and was a scholar at North Carolina State University, Raleigh. He engages in interdisciplinary research, collaborating with experts from diverse study fields to address issues related to economic development. His research interests are in topics of development economics (e.g., agricultural productivity and household welfare, food security, food safety, postharvest loss, trade, and environment); with associated interests in conducting lab-in-the-field experiments.
rnaarmah@ug.edu.gh
Topics in development economics (e.g., agricultural productivity and household welfare, food security, food safety, postharvest loss, trade, and environment).
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Martey, E., Etwire, E.M., Mockshell, J., Armah, R., Akorsikumah, E. (2023). Ecological Shocks and Children’s School Attendance and Farm Work in Ghana. World Development Perspectives.
Tsiboe, F., Armah, R., Zereyesus, Y.A., and Annim, S.K. (2023). Food Poverty Assessment in Ghana: A Closer Look at the Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Poverty. Scientific African. 20 Dec. 2022, e01518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01518
Martey, E. and Armah, R. (2020). Welfare Effect of International Migration on the Left-Behind in Ghana: Evidence from Machine Learning. Migration Studies, mnaa025. https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnaa025
Schwab, B. and Armah, R. (2019). Can Food Safety Shortfalls Disrupt ‘Ag for Nutrition’ Gains? Evidence from Eid al-Adha. Food Policy Vol. 83, pp. 170-179
Armah, R., Al-Hassan, R.M., Kuwornu, J.K., and Osei-Owusu, Y. (2013). What Influences Farmers’ Choice of Indigenous Adaptation Strategies for Agrobiodiversity Loss in Northern Ghana? British Journal of Applied Science & Technology 3(4): pp. 1162-1176
BOOK CHAPTERS
Armah, R., Al-Hassan, R.M., and Kuwornu, J.K.M. (2019). Impacts of Participation in Climate Change Projects on Ghanaian Maize Farmers’ Yields, Income and Resilience to Climate Shocks. In Kuwornu, J.K.M Editor (Eds.), Climate Change and Sub-Saharan Africa: The Vulnerability and Adaptation of Food Supply Chain Actors, pp. 157-171. Wilmington, USA and Malaga, Spain: Vernon Press
de-Graft Aikins, A., Alidu, S., Aryeetey, E.B., Domfe, G., and Armah, R. (2017). The Scope and Limits of Ghana’s Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme. In Awortwi, N. and Aiyede, E. R. Editors (Eds.), Politics, Public Policy and Social Protection in Africa: Evidence from Cash Transfer Programmes, pp. 45-63. Arbingdon, UK and New York, NY: Routledge
WORKING PAPER
de-Graft Aikins, A., Alidu, S., Aryeetey, E. B., Domfe, G., Armah, R., and Koram, M. (2016). A Political Economy of Social Protection Policy Uptake in Ghana. Partnership for African Social and Governance Research Working Paper No. 008, Nairobi, Kenya
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Armah, R. and Ackah, C. G. (2022). International Trade and Payments. In The State of the Ghanaian Economy in 2021, pp. 116 – 134. Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Legon. Accra
Armah, R. (2021). International Trade and Payments. In The State of the Ghanaian Economy in 2021, pp. 115 – 136. Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Legon. Accra
Atta-Ankomah, R. and Armah, R. (2020). Government and Multilateral Response to COVID-19 and Livelihood Impacts. In The Socio-economic Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Ghana 2020-2021, pp. 29 – 47. ISBN: 978-9964-75-300-9. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Accra.
Armah, R. (2020). International Trade and Payments. In The State of the Ghanaian Economy in 2020, pp. 118 – 137. Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Legon. Accra
Ackah, C. G. and Armah, R. (2019). International Trade and Payments. In The State of the Ghanaian Economy in 2019, pp. 110 – 128. Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Legon. Accra
- Theories of Development (Economics component) - MA Development Studies: since 2022
- Policy Analysis (Economics component) - MA Development Studies: since 2020
- Microfinance and Development - MA Development Studies: 2020 to 2022