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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
An empirical investigation of per capita income convergence hypothesis in Sub-Saharan Africa
S Aboagye
2013 University of Ghana, 2013 Social Sciences 13
Political business cycles, bank pricing behaviour and financial inclusion in Africa
AG Iddrisu, F Ebo Turkson
2020 Cogent Economics & Finance 8 (1), 1762286, 2020 Social Sciences 11
Selection into employment sectors in Urban Ghana and Tanzania: The role of education
PT Baffour, FE Turkson
2015 Research in World Economy 6 (4), 78-92, 2015 Social Sciences 11
Scoping study on the evolution of industry in Ghana. Learning to compete
C Ackah, C Adjasi, F Turkson
2014 Working Paper 18, 2014 Social Sciences 11
Total factor productivity growth and human development: the role of remittances in Africa
GCO Dzeha, FE Turkson, EK Agbloyor, JY Abor
2018 African Journal of Economic and Sustainable Development 7 (1), 47-72, 2018 Social Sciences 10
The effect of technological innovation on the quantity and quality of employment in Ghana
A Gyeke-Dako, AD Oduro, FE Turkson, P Twumasi Baffour, E Abbey
2016 Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development, R4D Working …, 2016 Social Sciences 10
Cost-benefit analysis of interventions to improve learning in Ghanaian schools: A comparison between school feeding and teaching at the right level: Ghana Priorities
FE Turkson
2020 Copenhagen Consensus Center, 2020 Social Sciences 9
How well does observable trade data measure trade friction costs? Evidence from member countries within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
FE Turkson
2018 Journal of African Trade 5 (1), 69-86, 2018 Social Sciences 9
Do Remittances Matter in Accelerating Labour Productivity and Capital Accumulation?
GCO Dzeha, JY Abor, FE Turkson, EK Agbloyor
2017 Development Finance: Innovations for Sustainable Growth, 251-283, 2017 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
Foreign direct investment spillovers and the Ghanaian local financial environment
FE Turkson, A Gyeke-Dako, EB Amissah
2015 Modern Economy 6 (10), 1078-1089, 2015 Social Sciences 8
Integration and regional trade in Sub-Saharan Africa
FE Turkson
2015 Handbook on Trade and Development, 210-231, 2015 Social Sciences 8
Using observable trade data to measure bilateral trade costs in Sub-Saharan Africa
FE Turkson
2012 CREDIT Research Paper, 2012 Social Sciences 8
Assessing the overall benefits of programs enhancing human capital and equity: a new method with an application to school meals
H Alderman, E Aurino, PT Baffour, A Gelli, FE Turkson, B Wong
2025 Economics of Education Review 106, 102646, 2025 Social Sciences 7
Interlinkages between agri‐food trade and the SDGs at the global, regional and local level
ANA Ralph, Q Peter, TE Festus, AN Emmanuel, MM Butu, HN Ellen
2025 Journal of International Development 37 (4), 951-977, 2025 Social Sciences 7
Fostering trade in Africa
GOA Odularu, M Hassan, MA Babatunde
2021 Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021 Social Sciences 6
Abor, and Abdul Malik Iddrisu. 2017.“
P Quartey, E Turkson, Y Joshua
2017 Financing the Growth of SMEs in Africa: What Are the Constraints to SME …, 2017 Social Sciences 6
Development finance: innovations for sustainable growth
N Biekpe, D Cassimon, AW Mullineux
2017 Springer, 2017 Social Sciences 5
Firm Growth Dynamics in Africa: Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector in Ghana
FE Turkson
2010 Journal of Business Research 4 (1&2), 141-169, 2010 Social Sciences 5
Pathways to advancing universal access to clean energy: Evidence from a household survey in urban Accra, Ghana
E Provencal, FE Turkson, K Agyire-Tettey, E Abbey
2026 Cities 169, 106603, 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
Employment creation potential, labor skills requirements, and skill gaps for young people
E Aryeetey, PT Baffour, FE Turkson
2021 AGI Working Paper, 2021 Social Sciences 4
How much are multisectoral programs worth? A new method with an application to school meals
H Alderman, E Aurino, PT Baffour, A Gelli, F Turkson, B Wong
2021 Intl Food Policy Res Inst, 2021 Social Sciences 4
Technical efficiency and technical change in Africa: the role of money from the diasporas
GO Dzeha, J Abor, F Turkson, E Agbloyor
2018 International Journal of Economics and Finance 10 (7), 177, 2018 Social Sciences 4
Monetary policy and inflation management in Ghana
P Quartey, B Owusu-Brown, FE Turkson
2017 The Economy of Ghana: Sixty Years After Independence, 88-102, 2017 Social Sciences 4