Dr. Simon Bawakyillenuo

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Bawakyillenuo, S. 2017. The Political Economy of Renewable Energy Investment in Ghana. IDS Bulletin, Vol. 48, No. 5-6, (141-163).

Willenbockel, D. Osiolo, H. H., Bawakyillenuo, S. 2017. Exploring the Macroeconomic Impacts of Low-Carbon Energy Transitions: A Simulation Analysis for Kenya and Ghana. IDS Bulletin, Vol. 48, No. 5-6, (49-78).

Pueyo, A. and Bawakyillenuo, S. 2017. Editorial Introduction: Overcoming the Constraints to Green Electricity in Africa. IDS Bulletin, Vol. 48, No. 5-6, (1-8).

Bilalam J. B. and Bawakyillenuo, S. 2017. Green entrepreneurship as a vehicle for attaining sustainable development in Ghana: A Review. Ghana Social Science Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2, (96-123).

Bawakyillenuo, S. Agbelie, I. S. K. 2017. Gender Dynamics in the Choice of Place of Trade among Young Entrepreneurs in Ghana. Special Issue of International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 30, No. 3, (427-447).

Teye, J., Yaro J. A.,Bawakyillenuo, S. 2015. Local Farmers’ Experiences and Perceptions of Climate Change in the Northern Savannah Zone of Ghana. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 7(3), 327 – 347.

Yaro J. A., Teye, J., Bawakyillenuo, S. 2015. ‘Local institutions and adaptive capacity to climate change/variability in the northern savannah of Ghana’. Climate and Development Journal, Vol. 7 (3), 235–245.

Bawakyillenuo, S., YaroJ. A., Teye, J. 2014. Exploring the autonomous adaptation strategies to climate change and climate variability in selected villages in the rural Northern Savannah Zone of Ghana. Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, pp. 1-22. Published online. DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2014.965671.

Bawakyillenuo, S. 2012. ‘Deconstructing the dichotomies of solar photovoltaic (PV) dissemination trajectories in Ghana, Kenya and Zimbabwe from 1960s – 2007’. Energy Policy Journal, Vol. 49, pp. 410-421.

Bawakyillenuo, S. 2009. ‘Policy and institutional failures: The bane of photovoltaic solar household system (PV/SHS) dissemination in Ghana’. Energy and Environment Journal, 20 (6), 927-947.

BOOK PUBLICATIONS

Bird, N., Asante, F. A., Bawakyillenuo, S., Trujillo, N. C., Eshetu, Z., Tumushabe, G., Yanda, P., Norman, M., Addoquaye, T. C., Amsalu, A., Ashiabi, A., Kateka, A., Muhumuza, D. M. T., Simane, B. 2016. Public spending on climate change in Africa. Experiences from Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda. ODI, London. Available at: https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/resource-documents/10545.pdf

BOOK CHAPTERS

Yaro J. A., Teye, J., Bawakyillenuo, S.2016. An assessment of determinants of adaptive capacity to climate change/variability in the rural savannah of Ghana. In Yaro, Joseph A., Hesselberg, Jan [Eds.], Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability in Rural West Africa. Springer.

Bawakyillenuo, S. 2015. Evolution of Theories and Concepts of Environment and Development. In G. Owusu, R. D. Osei, & F. A. Asante [Eds.], Development Policies and Practices in Ghana: A Reader (pp. 69-88). Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers.

Bawakyillenuo, S. and Kpieta, B. A. 2013. The Trajectories of Irrigated Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ghana. In J. A. Yaro, (Ed.) Rural Development in Northern Ghana (pp. 123-145). New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Bawakyillenuo, S. 2011. Shifting the policy paradigm of solar PV and other Renewable energy technologies (RETs) supply in rural Ghana. In B. Moshfegh [Ed.], Proceedings of the World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) 2011 (Vol. 10, pp. 2650 – 2657). LinkÖping, Sweden, May 8-13 2011. LinkÖping University Electronic Press, LinkÖpings universitet.

Bawakyillenuo, S. 2007. Effective government policy and institutional frameworks: Pivots for the dissemination and sustainability of solar PV in rural areas in the developing world: The case of Ghana. In D. Y. Goswami & Y. Zhao [Eds.], Proceedings of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) Solar World Congress 2007 on Solar Energy and Human Settlement (Vol. 5, pp. 2878-2882). Beijing, China, September 18-21, 2007. Tsinghua University Press and Springer.

WORKING PAPERS

Pueyo, A., Spratt, S., Bawakyillenuo, S. and Hoka O, H. 2017. ‘Green Investment Diagnostics for Africa: What are the Binding Constraints to Investment in Renewables in Kenya and Ghana?’ IDS Research Report 83, June 2017. Available at:

http://www.ids.ac.uk/publication/green-investment-diagnostics-for-africa-what-are-the-binding-constraints-to-investment-in-renewables-in-kenya-and-ghana

Spratt, S., Pueyo, A., Bawakyillenuo, S., Osiolo, H. 2016. ‘From Growth to Green Investment Green Investment Diagnostics’. IDS Working Paper Vol. 2016 No. 472, August 2016. Available at:

https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/123456789/12126/Wp472.pdf;jsessionid=9EEB6A3D804D6958A1F60B9F2B58B1E4?sequence=1

Bawakyillenuo, S.,Ahiadeke, C., Osei-Akoto, I., Bortei-Doku, E, A., Edem, K, A.,2013. ‘Tertiary education and industrial development in Ghana’. International Growth Centre Working Paper, July 2013. Available at: www.theigc.org

TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

Willenbockel, D., Osiolo, H.H., Bawakyillenuo, S. (2017) Macroeconomic Effects of a Low-Carbon Electricity Transition in Kenya and Ghana: An Exploratory Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis. Brighton: IDS, February 2017. Available at:

http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/12864

Pueyo, A., Bawakyillenuo, S., Osiolo, H. 2016. ‘Cost and Returns of Renewable Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparison of Kenya and Ghana’. IDS Evidence Report 190, April 2016. Available at:

http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/123456789/11297/ER190_CostandReturnsofRenewableEnergyinSubSaharanAfricaAComparisonofKenyaandGhana.pdf;jsessionid=1CA560D8DDC86C6EB001440BAF67EA5A?sequence=1

Asante, F. A., Bawakyillenuo, S., Bird, N., Trujillo, N. C., Addoquaye-Tagoe, C., Ashiabi, N. 2015. ‘Climate Change Finance in Ghana’. ODI Publications. Available at: http://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/9684.pdf

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Bawakyillenuo, S. 2017. Environment and Social Development of Ghana. In: Ghana Social Development Outlook 2016. Accra: Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research’s Publication.

Bawakyillenuo, S. Amankwa-Kesse, S. Nelson, W. 2015. ‘Ghana’s National Circumstances’, in Ghana’s Third National Communication Report to the UNFCCC, Accra:GoG-EPA.

Bawakyillenuo, S. 2015. Climate Change and Development in Ghana. In: Ghana Social Development Outlook 2014. Accra: Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research’s Publication.

Bawakyillenuo, S. 2013. Environment and Social Development of Ghana. In: Ghana Social Development Outlook 2012. Accra: Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research’s Publication.

Bawakyillenuo, S. and Asante, F. A. 2013. Energy and Social Development of Ghana. In: Ghana Social Development Outlook 2012. Accra: Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research’s Publication.

Year	Duration	Name of Project/ Assignment	Country	Position Held	Name of Client
2016	Jan - June	Climate Change Budget and Financial Tracking Tools - Ghana	Ghana	Co-Investigator	UNDP - Ghana
2014- 2015	Dec – June	Climate Change Finance in Ghana	Ghana	Co-Investigator	ODI
2014 - 2015	Oct. 2014 – March	Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) Stocktaking for Ghana	Ghana	Principal Investigator	UNIDO, ILO, UNDP, UNEP, and UNITAR
2014	May – Nov. (7 months)	Green Economy Assessment study for Ghana	Ghana	Co-Investigator	UNEP and MESTI
2014-2017	Jan. – Jan (37 months)	Green Growth Diagnostics for Africa	Ghana, Kenya	Principal Investigator, ISSER	DFID, EPSRC, DECC
2013-2017	Oct. – Dec. (48 months)	Supporting Sub-Saharan Africa's Municipalities with Sustainable Energy Transitions (SAMSET)	Ghana, South Africa, Uganda	Principal Investigator, ISSER	DFID, EPSRC, DECC
2012	May-Aug (4 months)	Pilot Project on Global Bio-Energy Partnership Sustainability Indicators in Ghana	Ghana	Principal Investigator	Dutch Government
2012	April – June (3 months)	Assessment of existing relevant climate, health, poverty and vulnerability information of Ghana	Ghana	Co-Investigator	UNDP and Ministry of Health, Ghana
2012	Feb – May (4 months)	Green Economy Scoping Study, Ghana	Ghana	Co-Investigator	UNEP and MESTI
2011 -2012	Nov – May	Assessing the Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change and Climate Variability in the Rural Northern Savannah of Ghana	Ghana	Co-Investigator	ORID - UG