Anthony Kofi Osei-Fosu
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.
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Economic Growth and Development
Energy and Environment Impacts
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Global Financial Crisis and Policies
Healthcare Systems and Reforms
Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
Market Dynamics and Volatility
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Religion, Society, and Development
Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
Religion and Educational Attainment in Ghana: A Gender and Spatial Analysis
The impacts of convergence policies on macroeconomic stability in the West African monetary zone
The impact of Ghana’s national health insurance exemption policies on healthcare-seeking behaviour
Open AccessEconomic inequalities in health insurance subscription renewal: Evidence from Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme
Correlations of structural shocks, dynamic responses of output and inflation to commodities price shocks and monetary union in WAMZ
Financial inclusion and financial development: implications for monetary policy effectiveness and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Religion, social capital and poverty in Ghana: Correlations and explanations
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 AccessA decomposition analysis of microcredit welfare gaps in Ghana. A gender analysis
Open AccessSpatial analysis of the effect of microfinance on poverty and inequality in Ghana
Open AccessThe impact of trade on African welfare: Does seaport efficiency channel matter?
Open AccessThe Effects of Public Sector Management and Institutions on Stock Market Development in Sub- Saharan Africa
Open AccessReligious orientation and poverty in Ghana: associations and explanations
Poverty Response to the Household Type of Elderly and Old-Age Pension
Open AccessThe Effect of Gender Inequality on Economic Growth in West Africa
Open AccessDigitisation, Financial Development and Economic Growth in Emerging Economies.
Determinants of paying national health insurance premium with mobile phone in Ghana: a cross-sectional prospective study
Open AccessEvaluating the Efficiency of Forestry Policy for Inclusive Growth in Ghana
Open AccessPoverty Incidence Among Elderly With and Without Pensions in Selected Localities in Ghana
Open AccessFactors influencing households’ participation in forest management in the northern region of Ghana
Open AccessA time series analysis of fossil fuel consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Ghana, Kenya and South Africa
Open AccessThe Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions in Ghana: Causes of Proliferation and Frequent Collapse of Savings and Loan Companies
Financial Deepening, Domestic Saving Mobilization, and Economic Growth in Ghana; an Empirical Investigation
Households’ Fuel Wood Dependence, REDD+ and Gender Coping Strategies: An Empirical Review and Policy Implication in the Northern Region of Ghana
Open AccessDoes Ghanaian’s Consumption Function Follow the Permanent Income Hypothesis? The Cagan’s Adaptive Expectation Approach
The Effect Of Interest Rate On Deposit On Household Consumption In Ghana: Ardl Cointegration Analysis
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
Department of Economics
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology