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Festus Ebo Turkson

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Ghana ORCID 0000-0002-5366-5167 Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
Trade and Devlopment EconomicsSmall Enterprises Development tMonetary and Industrial Economics
Publications

103

Citations

1,658

H-index

17

i10-index

31

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
16.1
Most cited paper
518
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 23:47
Publications

103 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Financing the growth of SMEs in Africa: What are the contraints to SME financing within ECOWAS?
P Quartey, E Turkson, JY Abor, AM Iddrisu
2017 Review of development finance 7 (1), 18-28, 2017 Social Sciences 518
The economy of Ghana sixty years after independence
E Aryeetey, SMR Kanbur
2017 Oxford University Press, 2017 Social Sciences 140
Scoping study on the evolution of industry in Ghana
C Ackah, C Adjasi, F Turkson
2014 WIDER working paper, 2014 Social Sciences 128
The role of formal and informal finance in the informal sector in Ghana
FE Turkson, E Amissah, A Gyeke-Dako
2022 Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship 34 (3), 333-356, 2022 Social Sciences 89
GLOBALIZATION, EMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY IN GHANA; WIDER THINKING AHEAD: THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
E Aryeetey
2005 MARINA CONGRESS, 2005 Social Sciences 69
Industrial policy in Ghana: Its evolution and impact
C Ackah, C Adjasi, FE Turkson
2016 Oxford University Press, 2016 Social Sciences 44
Innovation and employment in manufacturing and service firms in Ghana
PT Baffour, F Ebo Turkson, A Gyeke-Dako, AD Oduro, EN Abbey
2020 Small Business Economics 54 (4), 1153-1164, 2020 Social Sciences 36
Regional integration and non‐tariff barriers to Intra‐Sub‐Saharan Africa trade
E Turkson, AD Oduro, PT Baffour, P Quartey
2023 The World Economy 46 (2), 396-414, 2023 Social Sciences 35
Logistics and bilateral exports in developing countries: A multiplicative form estimation of the logistics augmented gravity equation
E Turkson
2000 Social Sciences 32
Trade cost and intra-regional trade flows in ECOWAS
C Ackah, FE Turkson, K Opoku
2012 Journal of West African Integration 1 (1), 1-43, 2012 Social Sciences 31
Financing the growth of SMEs in Africa: What are the constraints to SME financing within ECOWAS? Review of Development Finance, 7 (1), 18–28
P Quartey, E Turkson, JY Abor, AM Iddrisu
2017 Social Sciences 30
Central Bank independence, inflation, and poverty in Africa
A Gyeke-Dako, EK Agbloyor, AM Agoba, F Turkson, E Abbey
2022 Journal of Emerging Market Finance 21 (2), 211-236, 2022 Social Sciences 29
Trade agreements and bilateral trade in Sub-Saharan Africa: estimating the trade effects of the EU-ACP PTA and RTAs
FE Turkson
2012 CREDIT Research Paper, 2012 Social Sciences 29
Financial development and the social cost of financial intermediation in Africa
A Gyeke-Dako, EK Agbloyor, FE Turkson, PT Baffour
2018 Journal of African Business 19 (4), 455-474, 2018 Social Sciences 25
Education, skill, and earnings: Further evidence from Ghana
C Ackah, C Adjasi, F Turkson, A Acquah
2014 WIDER Working Paper, 2014 Social Sciences 25
Handbook on trade and development
O Morrissey, RA López, K Sharma
2015 Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015 Social Sciences 24
Measuring Trade Costs in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
E Turkson
2013 Modern Economy, 2013 Social Sciences 21
Debt capital structure and credit information sharing: Evidence on listed firms from an emerging market
BA Kusi, G Dzeha, KK Gyan, FE Turkson
2021 Journal of African Business 22 (2), 153-170, 2021 Social Sciences 17
Does trade facilitation promote bilateral trade in sub-Saharan Africa? Policy and issues
FE Turkson, RM Adjei, A Barimah
2020 Fostering trade in Africa: Trade relations, business opportunities and …, 2020 Social Sciences 16
Growth and Transformation of Small Manufacturing Firms in Africa: Insights from Ghana, Kenya, and Zimbabwe
A Mullei
2003 African Centre for Economic Growth, 2003 Social Sciences 16
Employment Creation Potential, Labor Skills Requirements, and Skills Gaps for Young People: Ghana Case Study
E Aryeetey, PT Baffour, FE Turkson
2021 < bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization …, 2021 Social Sciences 15
Ghana’s participation in global value chains: The employment effects
A Gyeke-Dako, AD Oduro, FE Turkson, PT Baffour, EN Abbey
2017 Zurich: Swiss National Science Foundation, 2017 Social Sciences 15
Influences of parental occupation on children's occupational choices
W Abdul Rahaman, I Mohammed, FE Turkson, PT Baffour
2023 International Journal of Social Economics 50 (12), 1735-1755, 2023 Social Sciences 14
The employment generating effects of exporting: Firm level evidence of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Ghana
EN Abbey, A Gyeke-Dako, AD Oduro, FE Turkson, PT Baffour
2017 Revista Swiss Programme For Research On Global for Development. Recuperado el 11, 2017 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