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Selected Refereed journals articles
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“Beyond the ‘posts’ in African
development discourse: exploring real solutions to Africa’s
problems” (co-authors: B. Ikubolajeh Logan and Ezekiel
Kalipeni) Progress in Development Studies,
Vol 12, No 2&3 (forthcoming)
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“Organizational Culture and
Public Sector Reforms in a Post-Washington Consensus Era:
Lessons from Ghana’s ‘Good Performers’.” Progress in
Development Studies, vol 12, No 2&3, (forthcoming)
(Abstract)
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“The Socioeconomic
Determinants of HIV/AIDS Infection Rates in Lesotho, Malawi,
Swaziland and Zimbabwe” (co-authors Christobel Asiedu and
Elizabeth Asiedu), Development Policy Review, Vol.
30, No.3 pp305-326, 2012
(Abstract)
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“Young Women’s Marital Status
and HIV Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Lesotho,
Swaziland and Zimbabwe” (co-authors: Christobel Asiedu and
Elizabeth Asiedu), Journal of African Development
Vol. 12 (2), 2010, pp33-46
(Abstract)
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“Locational Choices of the
Ethanol Industry in the Midwest Corn Belt” (co-authors:
Monica Haddad and Gary Taylor) Economic Development
Quarterly Vol. 24, No.1, 2010, pp74 –86
(Abstract)
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“Using PlacesOnLine in Instructional Activities.”
Journal of Geography (co-authors Michael Longan, and
Curtis Roseman) Vol 107 No.1 pp20-26, 2008
(Abstract)
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“Conceptualizing Livelihood Strategies in African Cities:
Planning and Development Implications of Multiple Livelihood
Strategies.” Journal of Planning Education and Research
Vol.26, No.4, 2007, pp450-465
(Abstract)
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“Post-9/11 U.S. Foreign Aid, the
Millennium Challenge Account and Africa: How many Birds can
one stone kill?” Africa Today Vol 54, No.1, Fall 2007,
pp.1-26 (Abstract)
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“Competing Hegemons? Chinese versus American Geo-Economic
Strategies in Africa.” Political Geography Vol. 26, 2007
pp504-524 (co-author:
Pádraig Carmody)
(Abstract)
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“On Public
Organizations in Ghana: What Differentiates Good Performers
from Poor Performers?” African Development Review
Vol.18 No.3, 2006 pp471-485
(Abstract)
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“Differences in the
performance of Public Organizations in Ghana: Implications for Public Sector Reform Policy” Development Policy Review
Vol.24 No.6, 2006 pp675-687
(Abstract)
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"Livelihood Strategies and Performance of
Ghana’s Health and Education Sectors: Exploring the
Connections" Public Administration and
Development Vol. 25 No.2, 2005 pp157-174
(Abstract)
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“Introduction” Geojournal: An
International Journal of Human Geography and Environmental
Sciences Vol. 62, No.1-2, 2005 pp115-116 (Special Topics
Editor; theme: “Opportunities and Challenges for Development
in Africa)
- "Pragmatism and the Gradual
Shift from Dependency to Neoliberalism: The World Bank,
African Leaders and Development Policy in Africa" World Development Vol.
31, No.10, 2003, pp1655-1672
(Abstract)
- “Urban Impoverishment and Multiple Modes of Livelihood
in Ghana”
The
Canadian Geographer Vol. 45, no.3, 2001,
pp387-403
(Abstract)
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“State
Effectiveness, Planning and Industrial Development in Botswana”
A. I. Samatar, co-author, Revised version published in the Canadian Journal of African Studies.
Vol.31, no.2, 1997, pp268-299
Research reports
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"Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities of Iowa's Local
Housing Trust Funds Program" Report prepared for the Iowa
Housing Authority, August 2011 (with Carlton Basmajian,
Pierre Fehrnbach, Doug Johnston, and Amy Logan)
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“Iowa
Housing Needs Assessment: Local Housing Trust Fund Summary
Assessment” Report prepared for the Iowa Housing Authority,
May 2011 (with Carlton Basmajian, Tim Borich, Doug Johnston,
and Amy Logan)
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“Iowa
Housing Needs Assessment: Demographic Change and Housing
Affordability in Iowa”, Report prepared for the Iowa Housing
Authority, May 2010 (with Carlton Basmajian, Tim Borich,
Doug Johnston, and Amy Logan)
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“Improving the Effectiveness of the Public Sector in Africa
through the Quality of Public Administration”. Operations &
Thematic Research Studies, Knowledge & Learning Unit,
African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), Zimbabwe, 2011
(co-author: Frank Ohemeng)
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“Increasing Public-Sector Effectiveness
by Changing Organizational Culture” Report on workshop on
the Effectiveness of Public Organizations, December 3, 2003
Coconut Grove Regency Hotel, Accra, Ghana. Submitted to the
World Bank, Governance Knowledge Sharing Program, 2004
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“Organizational Culture and the
Performance of Public Organizations in Ghana: Learning from
“Good Performers” Report submitted to the
World Bank, Governance
Knowledge Sharing Program, 2004
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Smart Signals: Economics for Lasting Progress,
with six others. Report prepared for the Legislative Commission on
Minnesota Resources, Sustainable Development Initiative,
Minnesota Planning October, 1999
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Small-Scale Manufacturing and Repair
Activities in the Urban area of Techiman,
with seven
others. Report prepared for the IFO-Institute for
Economic Research at the University of Munich, Department of
Development Studies, Munich- Germany, March (with seven
others), 1988
Book chapters
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“Improving the Effectiveness
of the Public Sector in Africa through the Quality of Public
Administration”. In Shaw, T., Hanson, K.T. and Kararach, K.
(forthcoming) (Eds) Rethinking Development Challenges for
Public Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills,
Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom (with Frank Ohemeng).
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“A expansão da China para a
África: interesses e estratégias”. In: Leão, R. P. F.;
Pinto, E. C.; Acioly, L. A (eds) China na nova
configuração global: impactos políticos e econômicos.
Brasília: Dinte/Ipea, 2011 (with Padraig Carmody).
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“Chinese and US Interests in
Africa.” In Globalization in Africa: Recolonization or
Renaissance? Padraig Carmody, 2010, Lynne Rienner
Publishers: Boulder, CO. (with Padraig R. Carmody)
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“World Bank” in
Encyclopedia of Geography, Barney Warf (ed), 2010, Sage
Publication
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“Livelihoods” in Kitchin R,
and Thrift N (eds) International Encyclopedia of Human
Geography, Vol. 6, 2009, pp. 219–224. Oxford: Elsevier.
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“Is Increasing Chinese
Investment Good for African Development?” In William G.
Moseley (ed) Taking Sides: Clashing Views on African
Issues, Fourth Edition, 2012, McGraw Hill (with Padraig
R. Carmody) (Originally published in the Third Edition
in 2009)
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“Cities of Sub-Sahara Africa” in Cities of the World:
World Regional Urban Development, (4th Ed),
Stantley Brunn, Donglei Zeigler, and Maureen Hays-Mitchell (eds),
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, 2008 (Garth Myers,
co-author)
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“Discourses on African
Development from Dependency to Neoliberalism” in Malinda
Smith, (ed) Beyond the ‘African Tragedy’ Development and
the Global Economy Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006, Chap 2, pp
25-47 (significantly revised and updated version of the
World Development paper)
Book reviews
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Review of “Tradition, Culture and
Development in Africa: Historical Lesson for Modern
Development Planning” by Ambe J. Njoh. Ashgate Publishing
Limited, Burlington, VT. 2006. Cultural Geographies
Vol.16 No.3,
2009, pp419.
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Review of “Looting Africa: The Economics of Exploitation” by
Bond, Patrick. 2006. Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Press, 2006 Africa Today, Jun 2008, Vol. 54, No. 4:
88–91.
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Labour and Globalization: Results and
Prospects, by R. Munck (Ed), Liverpool University Press,
Liverpool 2004.
Regional Studies
Vol.39, No.7 pp1003-1004, 2005
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Walley, Christine J., (2004) Rough
Waters: Nature and Development in an East African Marine
Park, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University
Press, Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries,
Vol. 42, No.1, 2005
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Making services work for poor people.
World Development Report 2004, by The World Bank. World
Bank/Oxford, 2003, Choice: Current Reviews for Academic
Libraries, Vol. 41 No. 9, 2004
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Verandahs of Power: Colonialism and
Space in Urban Africa, by Garth Andrew Myers. Syracuse,
2003, Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries,
Vol.41, No.10, 2003
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Social Problems in Africa: New Visions,
ed. by Apollo Rwomire. Praeger, 2001, Choice: Current
Reviews for Academic Libraries, Vol.39, No.8, 2002
Selected Research Activities
Workshop
on Effectiveness of Public Organizations, Dec 3, 2003, Accra,
Ghana
Workshop
Report
Keynote address by Dr. Stephen
Adei, rector and director general, Ghana Institute of
Management and Public Administration
“The Role of
Organizational Culture and Effectiveness of Public
Organizations”
Workshop papers
Workshop
Participants
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