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Prof. Camara Kwasi Obeng

Name: 30th June, 2020: AERC Virtual Special Session on “African Economies amid COVID-19: Impacts and the Road Ahead”. Participant.
Start: 2020-06-01
Location: Virtual

Professor · Senior Member

🏛 Department of Economic Studies

★ Academic Advisor

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About

Camara K. Obeng obtained his PhD in Economics from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, in 2010 where he has taught since 2001. He was a Global Academic Partnership (GAP) scholar at the University of South Florida, USA in 2010 and AERC/IMF visiting Scholar at the IMF, Washington DC, USA in 2007. His research interests are international trade and finance, fiscal policy reforms and poverty studies with particular focus on the use of Computable General Equilibrium (CGE), Product Space Analysis and Randomised Control Trials methodologies. He has published extensively in referred journals and in books. Prof. Obeng has consulted for the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Ghana, the African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya, the WTO Chair, University of Mauritius and the ILO, Geneva. He is an active member of the African Economic Research (AERC), Kenya, the African Econometrics Society, South Africa, the Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Network, Canada, the Global Economic Modeling (ECOMOD) Network, USA and the International Input-Output Association, Austria.

Focus & expertise

Specializations

Fiscal Implications of Trade Policy Reforms International Trade International Trade and Environment

Academic interests · number = colleagues who share it

Computable General Equilibrium (Cge) Fiscal Policy Reforms and Poverty Studies International Trade and Finance Product Space Analysis Randomised Control Trials Methodologies

Recent activity

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Project Apr 2024

Kofinti, R. E., Arku, G., Annim, S.K., Asmah, E.E, Obeng, C.K., Abakah, E.J.A., Sebu, J., Cantah, W.G., Nordjo, R., and Kakrah, A. (March, 2022 – March, 2023). Do Women in Top Management Affect Firms’ Environmental, Social and Governance Performance? A

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Conference Mar 2024

19 – 20 March, 2024: Transforming Transportation 2024: Mobilising Finance for Climate Action (Virtual), The World Bank Group: World Resource Institute: Participant

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Award Jan 2024

AERC Grant of US $9,000 (NPW/22/01/01) to organise a National Policy Workshop in Cape Coast on 17th May, 2022.

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Conference Nov 2023

26th November – 1 December, 2023: AERC December 2023 Hybrid Biannual Research Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya: Guest Resource Person

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Conference Nov 2022

27th November – 2 December, 2022: AERC December 2022 Hybrid Biannual Research Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya: Guest Resource Person

Background

🎓 Education & qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Economics

University of Cape Coast

2011

Master of Philosophy in Economics

University of Cape Coast

2000

★ Career & positions

Head of Department

Department of Economic Studies

Aug, 2020 to Sep, 2020

Head of Department

Department of Economic Studies

Aug, 2022 to Sep, 2025

Vice-Dean

School of Economics

Nov, 2024 to Jul, 2026

Teaching & projects

Projects

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Co-Investigator

March 2022 - March 2023

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Obeng, C. K. (2020). Export Efficiency and Diversification in Ghana. (April 30, 2020 – April 20,2021): AERC Thematic Research Grant No. RT20508.

Lead Consultant

January 2020 - December 2021

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Obeng, C. K. & Brafu-Insaidoo W. G. ( 2017 ). Analysis of Ghana’s trade progress in rice, maize, and Soybeans value chains, DRIC Research Support Grant, UCC. • Brafu-Insaidoo W. G. & Obeng, C. K. (February 25, 2016 - February 25,2017): AERC

Lead Investigator

January 2017 - Present

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Brafu-Insaidoo W. G. & Obeng, C. K. (February 25, 2016 - February 25,2017): AERC Grant No. Rtl5530 to carry out research on Estimating Ghana's Tax Capacity and Effort.

Co-Investigator

January 2016 - December 2017

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Peprah, J. A., Obeng, C.K., & Bosompem, M. (2014 – 2015). Consultancy Services for the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Ghana for Experimental Enhanced Financial Literacy Training for Women Groups and Farmer Based Organisations under RAFIP (Re

Co-Investigator

January 2014 - December 2015

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Bhasin, V.K., & Obeng, C.K. (2010-2011). The Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Health Insurance on the Demand for Prenatal and Postnatal Health Care in Ghana, AERC Collaborative Research Project, AERC Collaborative Research Grant.

Co-Investigator

January 2010 - December 2011

Publications ORCID 0000-0003-2475-0300 →

2026 Trade and biodiversity conservation in Africa: Complementary roles of environmental provisions in preferential trade agreements and property rights journal article

2025 Nature, sector, and GVC participation of firms: empirical insights from firm-level data in selected SSA countries journal article

2025 Women’s empowerment and renewable energy consumption in Ghana: bridging gender disparities and advancing inclusive development journal article

2024 Achieving carbon neutrality in an emerging oil-producing country: Renewable energy transition and international trade flows in Ghana journal article

2023 Impact of third-party online payment systems on trade, export, import, and internet retailing journal article

2023 Deep preferential trade agreements and export efficiency in Ghana: Do institutions matter? journal article

2023 Gender differences in spending on information and communication technology and transport fuel intensity: Evidence from Ghana journal article

2023 Economic integration and survival of Ghana’s manufactured and agriculture raw material exports journal article

2022 What Really Drives Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from the Lasso Regularization and Inferential Techniques journal article

2022 Compliance Burden and Tax Gap Among Micro and Small Businesses: Evidence From Ghana journal article

2022 Relative Effect of Food and Cash Remittance on Household Food Security journal article

2022 Asymmetric Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Consumer Prices in Ghana: Evidence from EMD-NARDL Approach journal article

2022 Foreign aid—Economic Growth Nexus in Africa: Does Financial Development Matter? journal article

2022 Exchange Rate Volatility and Tax Revenue Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa book chapter

2022 Global Value Chain Participation and Inclusive Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa book chapter

2021 Assessing Ghana's bilateral exports potential and gap journal article

2019 Remittances and child labour in Ghana: Does the gender of the household head matter? journal article

2017 DETERMINANTS OF CAPITAL FLIGHT IN GHANA journal article

2017 Effects of Exchange Rate Volatility on Non-Traditional Exports in Ghana journal article

2012 Import Liberalization and Import Tariff Yield in Ghana: Estimating Tariff Buoyancy and Elasticity journal article

2011 Decomposed analysis of import tax changes in Ghana journal article

Engagements

📅 Conferences attended

2020 30th June, 2020: AERC Virtual Special Session on “African Economies amid COVID-19: Impacts and the Road Ahead”. Participant. Participant · Virtual

2020 29th June, 2020: AERC Virtual Plenary Session on “Business Environment, Competitiveness, and Economic Growth in Africa”. Participant. Participant · Virtual

2020 8th -12th June: AERC June 2020 Virtual(Zoom) Biannual workshop. Presented a Work in Progress Report titled: “Export Efficiency and Diversification in Ghana”. Presented a Paper · Virtual

2019 1st December 2019 –5th December 2019: AERC Biannual Research Workshop – Nairobi, Kenya. Presented a New Proposal titled: “Estimating Bilateral Exports Efficiency and Gap in Ghana” Presented a Proposal · Nairobi, Kenya

2019 3rd September 2019 – 5th September, 2019: Biennial Conference of the Economic Society of South Africa, Birchwood Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa. Presented a paper titled” Global value Chains Participation and Inclusive Growth in sub-Saharan Africa”. Presented a Paper · South Africa

2016 29th May 2016 – 2nd June 2016: AERC Biannual Research Workshop – Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya. Presented a WIP Report titled: “Tax capacity and effort in Ghana” (With Dr. William Insaidoo) Presented a Paper · Nairobi, Kenya

2015 . 27th November 2015 –4th December 2015: AERC Biannual Research Workshop – Ethiopia. Presented a New Proposal titled: “Tax capacity and effort in Ghana” ( With Dr. William Insaidoo) Presented a New Proposal · Ethiopia

2014 3rd September 2014 -4th September 2014: UDS 2014 Annual Interdisciplinary Conference held at Tamale. Presented a paper titled: Impact of import liberalisation on Poverty: A dynamic computable general equilibrium and microsimulation analysis for Ghana. Presented a Paper · Tamale, Ghana

2013 24th July 2013 -26th July 2013: 18th Annual Conference of the African Econometric Society held at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra. Presented a paper Titled: Corporate Tax Competition and Sector Specific FDI in Ghana. Presented a Paper · La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra

2013 1st July 2013-3rd July 2013: International Conference on Economic Modeling – EcoMod2013 in Prague, Czech Republic. Presented a paper Titled: Trade liberalisation, corporate tax and Poverty in Ghana. Presented a Paper · Prague, Czech Republic

2012 2nd July 2012-3rd July 2012: AERC-GdNeT Workshop on Policy Brief, Nairobi, Kenya. Participant Participant · Nairobi, Kenya

2011 10th September 2011– 11th September 2011: AERC Collaborative Project on Health, Economic Growth, and Poverty Reduction Interim Research Review Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya. Presented a paper titled: The Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Health Insurance on the Demand for Prenatal and Postnatal Health Care in Ghana [Co-authored with Professor Bhasin Vijay, K. (Final Report)] Presented a paper · Kenya

2011 1st May 2011 – 5th May 2011: 2nd Joint Unilorin/UCC International Conference on Climate Change and sustainable Development, IIorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. Presented a paper titled: Determinants of Adaption to Climate Change among Artisanal Fishermen: A case study of Cape Coast Metropolis ( Co-authored with Dr. Ferdinard Ahiakpor) Presented a Paper · Nigeria

2011 20th March 2011– 21st March 2011: AERC Collaborative Project on Health, Economic Growth, and Poverty Reduction Interim Research Review Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya. Presented a paper titled: The Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Health Insurance on the Demand for Prenatal and Postnatal Health Care in Ghana [Co-authored with Professor Bhasin Vijay, K. (Interim Report)] Presented a paper · Kenya

2009 16th September 2009-17th September 2009: Sensitization Workshop on ECOWAS Common Investment Market for the Academia, Covenant University, Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. Participant · Nigeria

2008 23rd September 2008 – 3rd October 2008: AERC Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Technical Workshop, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Participant · Tanzania

2007 14th May 2007-18th May 2007: Panel Data Analysis Course, Internal Economics Training Course, IMF, Washington, D.C., USA. Participant. Participant · Washington, D.C., USA

2007 9th May 2007-11th May 2007: Weak Instruments and Intrinsic Heterogeneity Course, Internal Economics Training Course, IMF, Washington, D.C., USA. Participant Participant · IMF, Washington, D.C., USA

2007 26th April 2007-27th April 2007: Conference on New Perspectives on Financial Globalization, Research Department, IMF, Washington, D.C., USA. Participant. Participant · IMF, Washington, D.C., USA.

2006 5th July, 2006 -7th July 2006: 11th Annual Conference of the African Econometrics Society (AES) –IDEP, Dakar, Senegal. Presented a paper titled: “Disparities of Education and Poverty Among Households in Ghana ” ( With Prof. Vijay Bhasin) Presented a paper · Dakar, Senegal

2005 29th June 2005 – 1st July 2005: International Conference on Policy Modeling EcoMod2005, Istanbul, Turkey. Presented a Paper titled: Trade Liberalization, Foreign Borrowing, Poverty and Income Distribution of Households in Ghana( with Prof. Vijay Bhasin). Presented a Paper · Istanbul, Turkey

2024 19 – 20 March, 2024: Transforming Transportation 2024: Mobilising Finance for Climate Action (Virtual), The World Bank Group: World Resource Institute: Participant Participant · Virtual

2023 26th November – 1 December, 2023: AERC December 2023 Hybrid Biannual Research Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya: Guest Resource Person Guest Resource Person · Nairobi, Kenya

2022 27th November – 2 December, 2022: AERC December 2022 Hybrid Biannual Research Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya: Guest Resource Person Guest Resource Person · Nairobi, Kenya

Honors & affiliations

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AERC Grant of US $9,000 (NPW/22/01/01) to organise a National Policy Workshop in Cape Coast on 17th May, 2022.

AERC Grant · 2024

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3rd September 2019 – 5th September, 2019: AERC Travel Grant (CP/19/03/06) to attend the Biennial Conference of the Economic Society of South Africa, Birchwood Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa.

AERC · 2019

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1st July 2013 -3rd July 2013: AERC Travel Grant (CP/13/04/05) to attend the International Conference on Economic Modeling – EcoMod2013 in Prague, Czech Republic.

AERC · 2013

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July 2010 - November 2010: Global Academic Partnership (GAP) Award to complete Ph.D Thesis at University of South Florida.

UCC-USF · 2010

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• 7th November 2010– 11th November 2010: AERC Travel Grant to attend International Course offered by the Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research on Macroeconomics for Growth and Poverty Reduction, University of Manchester.

AERC · 2010

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23rd April 2007 -1st June 2007: AERC/IMF Visiting Scholar Programme, IMF, Washington, D.C.

AERC/IMF · 2007

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• 5th January 2007-7th January 2007: AERC Travel Grant to attend the 43rd Annual Conference of the Indian Econometric Society in Mumbai, India.

AERC · 2007

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• 5th July 2006 -7th July 2006: AERC Travel Grant to attend the 11th Annual Conference of the African Econometrics Society (AES) –IDEP, Dakar, Senegal.

AERC · 2006

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• 26th May 2006– 27th May 2006: AERC Travel Grant to attend International Conference on Education and Economic Development in Preveza, Greece.

AERC · 2006

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• 29th June 2005-2nd July 2005: AERC Travel Grant to attend International Conference on Policy Modelling EcoMod 2005, Instanbul, Turkey.

AERC · 2005

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• 27th June 2005- 1st July 2005: Input-Output Association (IIOA) Travel Grant to attend IIOA Conference, Beijing.

Input-Output Association (IIOA) Travel Grant · 2005

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