William Mark Adolwine

William Mark Adolwine

5 Publications3 Research Themes1 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher's work focuses on integrating interdisciplinary approaches across housing market economics, local government finance, and urban development challenges. Their systematic analysis examines how real estate price indices and property rate collection impact economic policies in developing markets. In financial contexts, they explore election accountability in governance and the role of elections in local decisions. Their research addresses urban and rural development by examining factors influencing slum expansion, land security, and district assembly memberships in Ghana's major cities.

Faculty Biography

Mr. William Mark Adolwine is a Land Economist and a Legal Practitioner. He holds an MPhil Degree and a Bachelor’s Degree in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge, England and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Ghana, respectively. He also holds a LL.B from KNUST and a BL Law from the Ghana School of Law. He is a barrister at Law and a member of the Ghana Bar Association. He is also a Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Society.Mr. William Mark Adolwine is a retired Senior Lecturer at the Department of Land Economy. He joined the Department as a Lecturer in 1995 and served as a Head of Department between August 2017 and July 2018. He also served as the Department Examinations Officer between 2002 and 2005, a Faculty Examinations Officer of the then Faculty of Planning and Land Economy between 2004 and 2006 and a College Examinations Officer for the then College of Architecture and Planning between 2006 and 2008. He has also served as the Senior Tutor of Unity Hall between 2005 and 2009.He has lectured in Principles of Valuation and Law for many years at the Department of Land Economy. He currently teaches Property Law courses both at the undergraduate level to students of Land Economy and Real Estate and at the graduate level to students of Facilities Management and Land Governance and Policy. He has in the past lectured part time at the University College of Management Studies, Kumasi and at the Kumasi Technical University.He has published several articles in leading journals including the International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, Journal of International Real Estate and Construction Studies, International Journal of Academic Research and Reflection, the KNUST Journal of Science and Technology and the Journal of African Studies.

Key Research Themes (3)
Social Sciences

Housing Market and Economics

Social Sciences

Local Government Finance and Decentralization

Social Sciences

Urban and Rural Development Challenges

Publications (5)

Navigating Legal Pluralism: Slum Expansion, Tenure Insecurity, and Land Governance in Two Major Cities of Ghana: A Questionnaire Case Study

Open Access
2025Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.9734/sajsse/2025/v22i91164

Construction of real estate price indices for developing housing markets

2017Housing Market and EconomicsDOI: 10.1108/ijhma-06-2016-0047

DO ELECTIONS IN EVOLVING DEMOCRACIES NECESSARILY GUARANTEE ACCOUNTABILITY IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE? EVIDENCE FROM GHANA

2015Local Government Finance and Decentralization

Participation and Accountability in Local Governance in Emerging Democracies: The Debate between Elections and Appointments to the District Assemblies in Ghana.

2014Local Government Finance and Decentralization

Enhancing property rate collection by local authorities

2011Housing Market and Economics
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Land Economy
Total Publications5
Research Themes3
Open Access Papers1

Department of Land Economy

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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