Francis Adams
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 857892 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Francis Adams |
| NOMBRES | Francis |
| APELLIDO | Adams |
| FIRMA | ADAMS F |
| AFILIACIONES | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2225-5501 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1912 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Social studies teachers’ implementation of formative assessment practices in the senior high schools of Ghana
Introduction This research employs a descriptive approach to thoroughly examine teachers’ assessment strategies and their impacts on student learning outcomes. Methods This study used a qualitative approach. This study utilises a case study design, focusing on eight purposively selected Senior High Schools (SHSs), with participants comprising Social Studies teachers with more than 10 years of teaching experience in the Asante Akim South Municipal…
Unlocking the Future of English Learning
This study investigated Chinese EFL students’ behavioral intentions to learn English using AI-based chatbots. A total of 1052 questionnaire responses were collected from Chinese students. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to assess the measurement model and test the proposed relationships. The results showed that facilitating conditions, social influence, performance expectancy, and effort expectancy were salient factors associated …
Youth Entrepreneurship, Credit Access and Post‐Disaster Business Recovery
This study investigates how access to finance (credit access) influences business recovery and entrepreneurial performance among youth‐led informal food enterprises in Ghana, with implications for financial inclusion, entrepreneurial ability and post‐crisis business resilience in developing economies. Using cross‐sectional data from 136 enterprises across three regions, we apply a probit model to identify determinants of youth entrepreneurs’ acce…
Identifying motivation profiles among individuals choosing a teaching career
Enhancing sustainable agriculture
The two faces of fear
The two faces of fear: Violence and fear in the Mexican metropolis, by Ana Villarreal. Oxford University Press, 2024
Empowering young farmers' voices in climate change extension programs
Sustainable Culinary Conservation
Food waste presents a significant challenge to sustainable development, with fast‐food enterprises playing a major role in this issue. This study explores the complexities of food waste management among fast‐food vendors in Ghana's Ashanti region, providing insights into the quantity, determinants, mitigation strategies, and economic impacts of food waste. Using a mixed‐method approach that includes food waste audits and surveys, we estimated the…
Understanding residents’ choice of urban farming systems in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana
Drivers of smoked marine fish prices and challenges along the value chain
Purpose The objectives of this paper are to analyze the drivers of smoked marine fish prices and examine the challenges along the value chain to inform policy. Design/methodology/approach The study relies on cross-sectional data from 158 fish smokers, 100 wholesalers, and 120 retailers in Ghana. The challenges faced by the actors along the chain are identified and ranked using Kendall's coefficient of concordance. The three-stage least square est…
Historical Representations and Psychological Distress Among Africans in Europe
The Right to Food
Contemporary Latin America
International Support for Latin American Political Reform
Financing for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
In Financing for Development , twenty-one authors, including business executives and civil-society activists from developing and developed countries, address the question of how to boost the financing of development. Topics covered range from micro credit to large-scale project finance; from gender and poverty to bridging the digital divide; from local to global environments for investment; from domestic to international taxation; from trade expa…
Globalization and the Dilemmas of the State in the South
Latin America in a New World. Abraham F. Lowenthal , Gregory F. Treverton Mexico
Books in review
Economic Decline and Policy Reform in the Developing World
Economic decline and policy reform in the developing world Economic Policy Reform in Developing Countries. Anne Krueger. Cambridge, Ma: Blackwell Publishers, 1992, xiii + 184 pp. ISBN 1–55786–274–5. Appendix, index, notes. The Challenge to the South. The Report of the South Commission. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990, xv + 325 pp. ISBN 0–19–877311–0. Figures, annexe, index. Debt and Disorder: International Economic Instability and U.S. Impe…
Removing the Impediments to Economic Recovery
Essay| April 01 1992 Removing the Impediments to Economic Recovery F. Gerard Adams F. Gerard Adams F. Gerard Adams is a professor of economics and finance at the University of Pennsylvania. He has worked as a business economist, senior consultant to Wharton Econometrics, and senior staff member of the Council of Economic Advisers in Washington, D.C., and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. His most recent book is B…
History of the Elementary School Contest in England
The Genuine Works of Hippocrates
Corrigenda
In our last issue, page 460, line 24, in the account of Professor Barker's Buffalo paper, the date should be August, 1835, instead of 1833. In Mr. Charles Francis Adams's article on the Trent Affair, at the beginning of the third paragraph on page 556, the reading should have been, “As was then alleged, it was regarded in America as having been, on the part of Great Britain, a case of uncalled for, unnecessarily offensive braggadocio”, etc. On pa…
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Corrigenda
In our last issue, page 460, line 24, in the account of Professor Barker's Buffalo paper, the date should be August, 1835, instead of 1833. In Mr. Charles Francis Adams's article on the Trent Affair, at the beginning of the third paragraph on page 556, the reading should have been, “As was then alleged, it was regarded in America as having been, on the part of Great Britain, a case of uncalled for, unnecessarily offensive braggadocio”, etc. On pa…
The Genuine Works of Hippocrates
History of the Elementary School Contest in England
Removing the Impediments to Economic Recovery
Essay| April 01 1992 Removing the Impediments to Economic Recovery F. Gerard Adams F. Gerard Adams F. Gerard Adams is a professor of economics and finance at the University of Pennsylvania. He has worked as a business economist, senior consultant to Wharton Econometrics, and senior staff member of the Council of Economic Advisers in Washington, D.C., and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. His most recent book is B…
Economic Decline and Policy Reform in the Developing World
Economic decline and policy reform in the developing world Economic Policy Reform in Developing Countries. Anne Krueger. Cambridge, Ma: Blackwell Publishers, 1992, xiii + 184 pp. ISBN 1–55786–274–5. Appendix, index, notes. The Challenge to the South. The Report of the South Commission. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990, xv + 325 pp. ISBN 0–19–877311–0. Figures, annexe, index. Debt and Disorder: International Economic Instability and U.S. Impe…
Latin America in a New World. Abraham F. Lowenthal , Gregory F. Treverton Mexico
Books in review
Globalization and the Dilemmas of the State in the South
International Support for Latin American Political Reform
Financing for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
In Financing for Development , twenty-one authors, including business executives and civil-society activists from developing and developed countries, address the question of how to boost the financing of development. Topics covered range from micro credit to large-scale project finance; from gender and poverty to bridging the digital divide; from local to global environments for investment; from domestic to international taxation; from trade expa…
Contemporary Latin America
The Right to Food
Drivers of smoked marine fish prices and challenges along the value chain
Purpose The objectives of this paper are to analyze the drivers of smoked marine fish prices and examine the challenges along the value chain to inform policy. Design/methodology/approach The study relies on cross-sectional data from 158 fish smokers, 100 wholesalers, and 120 retailers in Ghana. The challenges faced by the actors along the chain are identified and ranked using Kendall's coefficient of concordance. The three-stage least square est…
Historical Representations and Psychological Distress Among Africans in Europe
Empowering young farmers' voices in climate change extension programs
Sustainable Culinary Conservation
Food waste presents a significant challenge to sustainable development, with fast‐food enterprises playing a major role in this issue. This study explores the complexities of food waste management among fast‐food vendors in Ghana's Ashanti region, providing insights into the quantity, determinants, mitigation strategies, and economic impacts of food waste. Using a mixed‐method approach that includes food waste audits and surveys, we estimated the…
Understanding residents’ choice of urban farming systems in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana
Enhancing sustainable agriculture
The two faces of fear
The two faces of fear: Violence and fear in the Mexican metropolis, by Ana Villarreal. Oxford University Press, 2024
Social studies teachers’ implementation of formative assessment practices in the senior high schools of Ghana
Introduction This research employs a descriptive approach to thoroughly examine teachers’ assessment strategies and their impacts on student learning outcomes. Methods This study used a qualitative approach. This study utilises a case study design, focusing on eight purposively selected Senior High Schools (SHSs), with participants comprising Social Studies teachers with more than 10 years of teaching experience in the Asante Akim South Municipal…
Unlocking the Future of English Learning
This study investigated Chinese EFL students’ behavioral intentions to learn English using AI-based chatbots. A total of 1052 questionnaire responses were collected from Chinese students. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to assess the measurement model and test the proposed relationships. The results showed that facilitating conditions, social influence, performance expectancy, and effort expectancy were salient factors associated …
Youth Entrepreneurship, Credit Access and Post‐Disaster Business Recovery
This study investigates how access to finance (credit access) influences business recovery and entrepreneurial performance among youth‐led informal food enterprises in Ghana, with implications for financial inclusion, entrepreneurial ability and post‐crisis business resilience in developing economies. Using cross‐sectional data from 136 enterprises across three regions, we apply a probit model to identify determinants of youth entrepreneurs’ acce…
Identifying motivation profiles among individuals choosing a teaching career
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