Anthony Kofi Osei-Fosu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3931035 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anthony Kofi Osei-Fosu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anthony Kofi |
| FAMILY NAME | Osei-Fosu |
| SIGNATURE | OSEI-FOSU A K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Impact of Informal Economy on Poverty in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Does Institutional Quality Matter
The informal economy is often seen as marginalized and thought to aggravate the poverty situations of the agents within the sector. However, in sub–Saharan Africa, the informal economy is a dominant feature which can help reduce poverty, provided the sector is moderated by institutional quality, which is a knowledge gap. The study's novelty lies in the moderating effect of quality of institutions in the informal economy‐poverty debate. The paper …
Religion and Educational Attainment in Ghana
Economic inequalities in health insurance subscription renewal
A decomposition analysis of microcredit welfare gaps in Ghana. A gender analysis
The literature is replete with studies suggesting that the microcredit market is expanding with varying degrees of impact on male and female clients. The paper investigates the extent to which differences in loan use behaviour and loan amount received contribute to differences in microcredit welfare impact among male and female clients. Using the sixth (2012/2013) and seventh (2016/2017) rounds of the Ghana Living Standards Survey, and applying t…
Religion, social capital and poverty in Ghana
Religion is a key source of social capital for poverty reduction. This study used nationally representative data from households (N = 16,772) in Ghana to determine the association between religious affiliation and the incidence of poverty. Descriptive statistics, multilevel mixed-effect logistic model and nearest neighbour matching estimator were used to analyse the data. We found that relative to the unaffiliated, except affiliation with Other C…
Determinants of paying national health insurance premium with mobile phone in Ghana
It is recommended that the NHIS consider making the mobile payment as simple as possible for the less educated and the rural members to access it
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Determinants of paying national health insurance premium with mobile phone in Ghana
It is recommended that the NHIS consider making the mobile payment as simple as possible for the less educated and the rural members to access it
A decomposition analysis of microcredit welfare gaps in Ghana. A gender analysis
The literature is replete with studies suggesting that the microcredit market is expanding with varying degrees of impact on male and female clients. The paper investigates the extent to which differences in loan use behaviour and loan amount received contribute to differences in microcredit welfare impact among male and female clients. Using the sixth (2012/2013) and seventh (2016/2017) rounds of the Ghana Living Standards Survey, and applying t…
Religion, social capital and poverty in Ghana
Religion is a key source of social capital for poverty reduction. This study used nationally representative data from households (N = 16,772) in Ghana to determine the association between religious affiliation and the incidence of poverty. Descriptive statistics, multilevel mixed-effect logistic model and nearest neighbour matching estimator were used to analyse the data. We found that relative to the unaffiliated, except affiliation with Other C…
Economic inequalities in health insurance subscription renewal
Religion and Educational Attainment in Ghana
The Impact of Informal Economy on Poverty in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Does Institutional Quality Matter
The informal economy is often seen as marginalized and thought to aggravate the poverty situations of the agents within the sector. However, in sub–Saharan Africa, the informal economy is a dominant feature which can help reduce poverty, provided the sector is moderated by institutional quality, which is a knowledge gap. The study's novelty lies in the moderating effect of quality of institutions in the informal economy‐poverty debate. The paper …
Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Poverty (3 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Inequality (2 works)