http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/28 2026-04-04T06:33:25Z 2026-04-04T06:33:25Z Suhaibu, I. Andani, A. Anafo, S. A. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4379 2025-02-11T09:34:46Z 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY ON LIVING STANDARDS: EVIDENCE FROM 20 SUB-SAHARA AFRICAN (SSA) COUNTRIES Authors: Suhaibu, I.; Andani, A.; Anafo, S. A. Abstract: After it has been hypothesized and empirically validated that institutional quality (InQ) is an essential ingredient for development, examining whether InQ impacts living standards (LStds) is a worthwhile exercise. Using data from 2000 to 2019 on 20 SSA countries, this study modelled the impact of InQ on LStds in a VAR framework, upon satisfactory data suitability tests. The impulse response functions and forecast error variance decomposition estimates provide evidence that InQ does not directly impact LStds but does so through its effects on financial development (FDI). As the forecast horizon moves from 1 to 5 forecast periods, InQ accounts for about 7.13% of FDI shocks, while FDI explains about 0.55% of LStd, and LStds account for about 1.13% of FDI shocks. Ultimately, InQ impacts LStds through FDI. This paper concludes that FDI optimizes inflation and improves LStds, while inflation retards FDI in the short-run. The autocorrelation LM and Eigen value tests confirmed the robustness of the results. Government in SSA should implement laws and policies that will strengthen institutions to improve the LStds of their people.

2022-01-01T00:00:00Z Abdul Mumin, Y. Abdulai, A. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4369 2025-02-10T11:46:26Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: SOCIAL NETWORKS, ADOPTION OF IMPROVED VARIETY AND HOUSEHOLD WELFARE: EVIDENCE FROM GHANA Authors: Abdul Mumin, Y.; Abdulai, A. Abstract: In this study, we examine the effects of own and peer adoption of improved soybean variety on household yields and food and nutrient consumption, using observational data from Ghana. We employ the marginal treatment effect approach to account for treatment effect heterogeneity across households and a number of identification strategies to capture social network effects. Our empirical results show that households with higher unobserved gains are more likely to adopt because of their worse outcomes when not adopting. We also find strong peer adoption effect on own yield, only when the household is also adopting, and on food and nutrient consumption when not adopting. However, the peer adoption effect on consumption attenuates when the household adopts the improved variety. Furthermore, our findings reveal that adoption tends to equalise households in terms of observed and unobserved gains on consumption and can thus serve as a mechanism for promoting food security and nutrition in this area.

2021-01-01T00:00:00Z Nkegbe, P.K. Araar, A. Abu, B.M. Alhassan, H. Ustarz, Y. Setsoafia, E.D. Abdul‑Wahab, S. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4265 2024-12-10T13:49:58Z 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: NONFARM ACTIVITY AND MARKET PARTICIPATION BY FARMERS IN GHANA Authors: Nkegbe, P.K.; Araar, A.; Abu, B.M.; Alhassan, H.; Ustarz, Y.; Setsoafia, E.D.; Abdul‑Wahab, S. Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between participation in nonfarm activity and participation in markets by farm households in Ghana. The study used data from the Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 6 and employed the endogenous switching probit model which accounts for selection bias from observed and unobserved fac tors. The results reveal that infrastructural variables such as roads, means of transport, markets and banks are important determinants of nonfarm work engagement and par ticipation in crop market. We also fnd a positive and signifcant efect of nonfarm work participation on the probability of selling crops. The conclusion is that farmers’ engage ment in nonfarm activities boosts decisions to enter crop markets in Ghana. The results of the study imply that for agricultural development in Ghana and other countries with similar characteristics, agricultural policies should incorporate strategies that enhance opportunities in the nonfarm sector as that will translate to enhanced producer market participation.

2022-01-01T00:00:00Z Nkegbe, Paul Kwame Kuunibe, Naasegnibe Sekyi, Samuel http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4234 2024-07-25T14:27:58Z 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: POVERTY AND MALARIA MORBIDITY IN THE JIRAPA DISTRICT OF GHANA: A COUNT REGRESSION APPROACH Authors: Nkegbe, Paul Kwame; Kuunibe, Naasegnibe; Sekyi, Samuel Abstract: Malaria potentially affects everyone in the tropics and sub-tropics, however, the poor and vulnerable are worse affected mainly due to the socio-economic constraints that confront them. In Ghana, the Upper West Region, which is the poorest, is one of the worse affected in terms of malaria burden. Given social and economic factors directly relate to malaria morbidity, global malaria control strategy unfortunately has not particularly targeted the effects of socio-economic deprivation on the disease morbidity and control. This study investigates the linkages between poverty and malaria morbidity using count data models, with Jirapa District in the Upper West Region of Ghana as the study area. Empirical results confirm the presence of poverty in the study area as more than half of households depend on heads whose incomes are below the poverty line of US$1 per day and that significant relationships exist between poverty and education on the one hand and malaria morbidity on the other, since gender and level of education of household head, and household poverty situation are significant determinants of malaria morbidity. The study thus recommends that policies aimed at reducing and/or eradicating malaria should include measures to increase income earning capacity of households in the study area.

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