Paul Nkegbe

Paul Kwame Nkegbe is a professor of Applied Economics at the Department of Applied Economics, University for Development Studies, Ghana. He teaches courses in economics and applied statistics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and currently involved in a study to explain adolescents' consumption of ultra-processed foods in developing countries.

He holds PhD in Agricultural and Food Economics from the University of Reading, United Kingdom. His research interests are in applied microeconomic analysis with focus on technology adoption, efficiency and productivity analysis, household modelling as well as evaluation of policy impacts on smallholder producers and recently in labour productivity, market participation and employment.

He has published papers in a number of international journals including Food Policy, Food Security, European Review of Agricultural Economics, African Development Review, African Journal of Business, Economics and Human Biology, Agricultural Finance Review and Development Engineering. 

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Fields of specialization

Poverty and inequality , Labour markets and employment

Projects

Title Country Themes
Rural nonfarm engagement and agriculture commercialization in Ghana: complements or competitors? Ghana Labour markets and employment , Agriculture and food security

Details

Professor Paul Nkegbe
Professor
Academic
University for Development Studies

Contact information:

Ghana
pnkegbe@uds.edu.gh
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1754-5288

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