Anthony Kofi Osei-Fosu
Department of EconomicsPhysical SciencesSocial SciencesHealth Sciences

Anthony Kofi Osei-Fosu

27 Publications17 Research Themes14 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher has conducted extensive work across diverse domains, focusing on addressing significant issues in energy, environment, economic growth, and social sciences. Their research spans energy transition challenges, mobile health applications, microfinance systems, fiscal policies, conservation efforts, financial literacy, health systems, gender dynamics, poverty reduction, and global financial crises. Through systematic analysis of multiple themes and papers, the researcher has developed a comprehensive framework to understand complex issues in African societies and beyond.

Faculty Biography

Anthony Kofi Osei-Fosu is an Associate Professor in Economics at the Department of Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. He holds Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences with specialisation in Economics and Geography. He also holds MA in Economics and PhD in Economics from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. He has also obtained Postgraduate Diploma in International Studies from the John Hopkins University, the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Bologna Centre in Italy, and Postgraduate Diploma in Education, with specialisation in Economics from the University of Cape Coast in Cape Coast. His areas of specialisation are in Quantitative Economics, Monetary Economics, Public Sector Economics, and Poverty Reduction and Development. He has published number of peer review journal articles on microfinance, poverty and development in high class journals.

Key Research Themes (17)
Physical Sciences

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Physical Sciences

Economic Growth and Development

Physical Sciences

Energy and Environment Impacts

Social Sciences

Energy, Environment, Economic Growth

Social Sciences

Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis

Social Sciences

Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Social Sciences

Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Social Sciences

Global Financial Crisis and Policies

Social Sciences

Healthcare Systems and Reforms

Social Sciences

Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving

Social Sciences

Market Dynamics and Volatility

Social Sciences

Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

Health Sciences

Mobile Health and mHealth Applications

Social Sciences

Monetary Policy and Economic Impact

Social Sciences

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Social Sciences

Religion, Society, and Development

Physical Sciences

Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy

Publications (27)

Religion and Educational Attainment in Ghana: A Gender and Spatial Analysis

2025Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareDOI: 10.1007/s10780-025-09546-1

The impacts of convergence policies on macroeconomic stability in the West African monetary zone

2024Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesDOI: 10.1108/ajems-12-2023-0472

The impact of Ghana’s national health insurance exemption policies on healthcare-seeking behaviour

Open Access
2024Healthcare Systems and ReformsDOI: 10.1016/j.ssmhs.2024.100035

Economic inequalities in health insurance subscription renewal: Evidence from Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme

2023Healthcare Systems and ReformsDOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116514

Correlations of structural shocks, dynamic responses of output and inflation to commodities price shocks and monetary union in WAMZ

2023Market Dynamics and VolatilityDOI: 10.1108/ajems-04-2023-0129

Financial inclusion and financial development: implications for monetary policy effectiveness and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa

2023Microfinance and Financial InclusionDOI: 10.1108/jeas-09-2022-0215

Religion, social capital and poverty in Ghana: Correlations and explanations

2023Religion, Society, and DevelopmentDOI: 10.1111/issj.12408

Training Risk Measure Models To Ascertain Which Continents Equity Has The Highest Risk For Investment Based On Randomly Selected Individual Continents Equities Listed On The New York Stock Exchange

Open Access
2023Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactDOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7793191

A decomposition analysis of microcredit welfare gaps in Ghana. A gender analysis

Open Access
2023Microfinance and Financial InclusionDOI: 10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100464

Spatial analysis of the effect of microfinance on poverty and inequality in Ghana

Open Access
2022Microfinance and Financial InclusionDOI: 10.1007/s40847-022-00210-3

The impact of trade on African welfare: Does seaport efficiency channel matter?

Open Access
2022Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthDOI: 10.1016/j.resglo.2022.100098

The Effects of Public Sector Management and Institutions on Stock Market Development in Sub- Saharan Africa

Open Access
2022Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthDOI: 10.1080/23322039.2022.2109278

Religious orientation and poverty in Ghana: associations and explanations

2021Religion, Society, and DevelopmentDOI: 10.1007/s40847-021-00166-w

Poverty Response to the Household Type of Elderly and Old-Age Pension

Open Access
2020Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareDOI: 10.5430/bmr.v9n4p20

The Effect of Gender Inequality on Economic Growth in West Africa

Open Access
2020Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Digitisation, Financial Development and Economic Growth in Emerging Economies.

2019Economic Growth and Development

Determinants of paying national health insurance premium with mobile phone in Ghana: a cross-sectional prospective study

Open Access
2019Mobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsDOI: 10.1186/s12939-019-0946-x

Evaluating the Efficiency of Forestry Policy for Inclusive Growth in Ghana

Open Access
2018Sustainable Development and Environmental PolicyDOI: 10.4314/gjds.v15i2.6

Poverty Incidence Among Elderly With and Without Pensions in Selected Localities in Ghana

Open Access
2018Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving

Factors influencing households’ participation in forest management in the northern region of Ghana

Open Access
2017Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementDOI: 10.14807/ijmp.v8i4.631

A time series analysis of fossil fuel consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Ghana, Kenya and South Africa

Open Access
2017Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthDOI: 10.5278/ijsepm.2018.17.4

The Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions in Ghana: Causes of Proliferation and Frequent Collapse of Savings and Loan Companies

2017Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

Financial Deepening, Domestic Saving Mobilization, and Economic Growth in Ghana; an Empirical Investigation

2017Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

Households’ Fuel Wood Dependence, REDD+ and Gender Coping Strategies: An Empirical Review and Policy Implication in the Northern Region of Ghana

Open Access
2017Energy and Environment ImpactsDOI: 10.3126/ije.v5i4.16390

Does Ghanaian’s Consumption Function Follow the Permanent Income Hypothesis? The Cagan’s Adaptive Expectation Approach

2014Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis

The Effect Of Interest Rate On Deposit On Household Consumption In Ghana: Ardl Cointegration Analysis

2014Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Comparative Analysis of Efficiency in Saving Mobilization, Credit Disbursement and Credit Retrieval of Rural Banks and Credit Unions in Ashanti Region: A Case Study of Sekyere Rural Bank Limited and St Peter’s Credit Union

2013Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Economics
Total Publications27
Research Themes17
Open Access Papers14

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