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Daniel Kwabena Twerefou

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor, Environment and Natural Resource Economics, University of Ghana ORCID 0000-0003-3330-3932 Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
climate change mitigationextractive industry. energy efficiencynatural disasters
Publications

84

Citations

1,552

H-index

21

i10-index

37

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
18.5
Most cited paper
197
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
15 Sep 2026, 23:42
Publications

84 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Mineral Exploitation
DK Twerefou
2009 Environmental Sustainability and Sustainable Development in EAC, SADC and …, 2009 Social Sciences 17
Impact of mining sector reforms on output, employment, and incomes in Ghana, 1980-2002
DK Twerefou
2007 Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana, 2007 Social Sciences 17
Health campaigns and use of reproductive health care services by women in Ghana
EE Asmah, DK Twerefou, JE Smith
2013 Am J Econ 3 (6), 243-251, 2013 Health Sciences 16
Globalization, employment and livelihoods in the mining sector of Ghana, 1980-2002
E Aryeetey, B Osei, DK Twerefou
2004 Social Sciences 16
The impact of household cooking fuel choice on healthcare expenditure in Ghana
DA Azorliade, DK Twerefou, DBK Dovie
2022 Frontiers in Environmental Science 10, 861204, 2022 Natural Sciences 14
Multi-vector approach to cities’ transition to low-carbon emission developments
DBK Dovie, M Dzodzomenyo, DE Dodor, AB Amoah, DK Twerefou, ...
2020 Sustainability 12 (13), 5382, 2020 Social Sciences 14
Income inequality and cooperative propensities in developing economies: Summarizing the preliminary experimental evidence
SM Rosenbaum, S Billinger, DK Twerefou, WA Isola
2016 International Journal of Social Economics 43 (12), 1460-1480, 2016 Social Sciences 14
Do foreign financial inflows impact on economic growth? evidence from sub-saharan africa
DK Twerefou, FE Turkson, B Frimpong-Wiafe, SA Darkwah
2020 Studies of Applied Economics 38 (2), 2020 Social Sciences 13
The economic impact of climate change on road infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa countries: evidence from Ghana
DK Twerefou, K Adjei-Mantey, NL Strzepek
2014 WIDER Working Paper, 2014 Social Sciences 13
A study on mineral exploitation, environmental sustainability and sustainable development in EAC, SADC and ECOWAS regions, African Trade Policy Center Work in Progress No. 79
DK Twerefou
2009 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2009 Social Sciences 12
Simulating the impact of the global economic crisis and policy responses on children in Ghana
T Antwi-Asare, EF Cooke, DK Twerefou, J Cockburn, I Fofana, L Tiberti
2010 PEP-MPIA Working Paper, 2010 Social Sciences 11
Globalization, employment and poverty in Ghana
E Aryeetey, T Osei, D Twerefou, A Laryea, W Baah-Boateng, E Turkson, ...
2001 Growth 2002 (2003), 2001 Social Sciences 11
Effects of foreign direct investment on environmental quality in West Africa
FE Bediako, DK Twerefou, E Codjoe
2022 West African Journal of Applied Ecology 30 (2), 86-93, 2022 Social Sciences 9
5. Ownership Rights and Investment in Agricultural Land in Ghana: A Gender Analysis
ER Aikins, AD Oduro, DK Twerefou
2021 West African Journal of Applied Ecology 29 (1), 49-61, 2021 Social Sciences 9
Effects of financial deepening on saving mobilization: evidence from African countries
DK Twerefou, BY Ayimadu
2018 International Journal of Contemporary Research and Review 9 (7), 20917-20928, 2018 Social Sciences 9
Impact of international trade on the quality of the natural environment: a case study of Ghana from 1970 to 2010
DK Twerefou, P Appiah-Konadu, KA Anaman
2015 Ghana Social Science Journal, 2015 Social Sciences 9
Labour market flexibility, employment and income insecurity in Ghana
DK Twerefou, F Ebo-Turkson, AO Kwadwo
2007 ILO, 2007 Social Sciences 9
To live with floods or not: Intersectionality of drivers of urban households' adaptation and relocation intentions
DK Twerefou, JO Abeney, R Tete Larbi, DBK Dovie
2024 Journal of Flood Risk Management 17 (4), e13015, 2024 Social Sciences 6
Globalization and development volume II: Country experiences
ST Otsubo
2015 Routledge, 2015 Social Sciences 6
The Microenterprise and Financing Preference in Ghana: Is There a Hierarchical Preference Ordering?
E Osei-Assibey, GA Bokpin, DK Twerefou
2010 Available at SSRN 1612071, 2010 Social Sciences 6
The contest for mineral wealth: an economic analysis of conflicts in Ghanaian mining communities
DK Twerefou, EA Ayimpusah, J Owusu-Afriyie, K Adjei-Mantey, ...
2017 International Review of Applied Economics 31 (6), 791-810, 2017 Social Sciences 5
Social partners and poverty reduction strategies in Ghana-can this be a development success story?
DK Twerefou
2012 European Scientific Journal 8 (1), 39-64, 2012 Social Sciences 5
Flood experience and risk predictability paradox of households: Implications for structural risk reduction and urban planning in Ghana, Africa
DBK Dovie, MD Abopaam, AK Christian, DK Twerefou, M Miyittah, O Pabi
2026 Habitat International 169, 103721, 2026 Social Sciences 4
Household electricity consumption efficiency and poverty: Evidence from Ghana
DK Twerefou, JO Abeney, MA Toman, PT Baffour, FE Turkson
2025 Energy Efficiency 18 (3), 15, 2025 Social Sciences 4
Managing the Environment for Development
DK Twerefou, KA Tutu
2017 The Economy of Ghana Sixty Years After Independence 242, 2017 Social Sciences 4