Research & Publications
Our Publications
Karakara, A. A. (2025). Intra-household Farm Decisions, Agricultural Risks, and Household Welfare: Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in four SSA Countries. Scientific African, Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2025.e02693
Karakara, A.A., Obeng, C. K., Armah, M. K. and Nunoo, J. (2025). Nature, Sector, and GVC Participation of Firms: Empirical insights from Firm-level data in selected SSA countries. Cogent Economics and Finance, Doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2025.2488830
Osabuohien, E. S., Karakara, A.A. and Iddrisu, A.M. (2024). COVID-19 pandemic, household welfare and diversification strategies of smallholder farmers in Uganda. Discover Sustainability, Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-024-00507-9.
Osabohien, R., Jaffar, A.H., Oluwayemisi, A. and Karakara, A.A. (2024). Global value chain participation, globalization and sustainable development in ASEAN, Research in Globalization, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resglo.2024.100253
Karakara, A.A., Nunoo, J. and Coffie, M. (2024). Gender, Forms of Land Ownership and Agriculture Value Chain Participation: Empirical Insights from Smallholder Farmers in Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria. African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 7 (3) 775 – 793. Doi: https://doi.org/10.48346/IMIST.PRSM/ajlp-gs.v7i3.46182
Karakara, A.A., Peprah, J.A. and Dasmani, I. (2024). Marine biodiversity conservation: the cultural aspect of marine protected areas in Ghana. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34, (4) 1 – 10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4138
Karakara, A. A. and Osabuohien, E. S. (2024). Size, Geography, and GVC Participation of Firms in Nigeria and Rwanda: implications for the AfCFTA. Research in Globalization, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resglo.2024.100193
Kulu, E., Karakara, A.A., Dasmani, I. and Armah, M. K. (2024). Energy consumption-economic growth nexus: How do sectorial differences affect sustainable development? Natural Resources Forum. 48 (2), 616-635 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-8947.12390
Osabohien, R., Karakara, A.A., Ashraf, J., Matthew, O., Osabuohien, E., Onolade, O. and Waheed, N. (2023). Green Economy and Food Security in Africa. Environment, Development and Sustainability, Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-04075-2
Karakara, A.A., Peprah, J. and Dasmani, I. (2023). Analysing the socioeconomic characteristics of fisheries-dependent communities in the context of the Blue Economy in Ghana. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Development. 15 (6), 779-795. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2023.2191536
Osabohien, R., Karakara, A.A., Ashraf, J. and Al-Faryan, M.A.S. (2023). Green environment-Social protection interaction and food security in Africa. Environmental Management, Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-022-01737-1
Ruml, A., Chrisendo, D., Iddrisu, A.M., Karakara, A.A., Nuryartono, N., Osabuohien, E.S., and Lay, J. (2022). Smallholders in Agro-Industrial Production: Lessons for Rural Development at New Frontiers from a Comparative Analysis of Ghana’s and Indonesia’s Oil Palm Sectors. Land Use Policy Journal 119 (2022), 106196 Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106196
Karakara, A. A. and Ortsin, E. A. (2022). Assessing the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Programme as a Conditional Income Transfer: A Search for a Conceptual Framework. International Journal of Social Economics, 49 (4), 546 – 561. doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-04-2021-0199
Karakara, A. A. and Osabuohien, E. S. (2022). Threshold Effects of ICT Access and Usage in Burkinabe and Ghanaian Households. Journal of Information Technology for Development, 28 (3), 511 – 531. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02681102.2021.1971148
Karakara, A. A., Efobi, U., Olokoyo, F., Beecroft. I., and Osabuohien, E. S. (2021). Youth Employment and Large-scale Agricultural Land Investments Nexus in Africa: Mixed Method Insights from Nigeria. Africa Development, XLVI (4), 177 – 203.
Karakara, A. A., Osabuohien, E.S., Nwachukwu, J.C. and Osabohien, R. (2021). Innovations in Women Savings Behaviour and Agricultural Business support: The Ghanaian ‘Money-Box’ Model. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 25 (5s), 146 – 157 Doi: https://doi.org/10.29063/ajrh2021/v25i5s.14
Karakara, A. A., Sebu, J. and Dasmani, I. (2021). Financial literacy, financial distress and socioeconomic characteristics of individuals in Ghana. African Journal of Economics and Management Studies, Doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/AJEMS-03-2021-0101
Karakara, A. A. and Osabuohien, E. S. (2021). Inclusive Growth Agenda in Selected Sub-Saharan Africa Countries: Lessons from the Past and Prospects for the Future. African Journal of Business and Economic Research, Special Issue (Perspective on Demographic Dividend, Economic Growth, and Sustainable Development) pp. 117 – 150. doi: https://doi.org/10.31920/1750-4562/2021/SIn1a6
Karakara, A. A., Osabuohien, E. S. and Asongu, S. A. (2021). Domestic Energy Consumption in Ghana: Deprivation versus Likelihood of Access. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal. 32 (4) 804-821 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-11-2020-0247
Anser, M.K., Osabohien, R., Olonade, O., Karakara, A.A., Olalekan, I.B., Ashraf, J., and Igbinoba, A. (2021). Impact of ICT Adoption and Governance Interaction on Food Security in West Africa. Sustainability 2021, 13 (10), 5570; Doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su1315570
Karakara, A. A. and Osabuohien, E. S. (2020). Clean Versus Dirty Energy: Empirical Evidence from Fuel Adoption and Usage by Households in Ghana. Africa Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Development. 13 (7), 785 – 795. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2020.1816266
Karakara, A. A. and Osabuohien, E. S. (2020). ICT Adoption, Competition and Innovation of Informal Firms in West Africa: Comparative Study of Ghana and Nigeria. Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, 4 (3) 397–414 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JEC-03-2020-0022
Dasmani, I., Darfo, K.N. and Karakara, A. A. (2020). Farmers’ choice of adaptation strategies towards weather variability: Empirical evidence from the three agroecological zones in Ghana. Cogent Social Sciences, 6 (1) 1751531 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2020.1751531
Karakara, A. A. and Osabuohien, E. S. (2019). Households’ ICT Access and Educational Vulnerability of Children in Ghana. Cogent Social Sciences, 5 (1) 1701877 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2019.1701877
Karakara, A. A. and Dasmani, I. (2019). An econometric analysis of domestic fuel consumption in Ghana: Implications for poverty reduction. Cogent Social Sciences, 5 (1) 1697499. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2019.1697499
Karakara, A. A. and Osabuohien, E. S. (2019). Households’ ICT Access and Bank Patronage in West Africa: Empirical insights from Burkina Faso and Ghana. Technology in Society. 56, (2019) 116 – 125. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2018.09.010
Osabuohien, E. S. and Karakara, A. A. (2018). ICT Usage, Mobile Money and Financial Access of Women in Ghana. Africagrowth Agenda Journal, 15 (1) 14 – 18. DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-dc947bee3
Karakara, A. A. (2018). Energy-Poverty Nexus: Conceptual framework analysis of cooking fuel consumption in Ghanaian Households. Developing Country Studies, 8 (11), 1 – 10.
Chapters in edited books (published)
Karakara, A.A., Daudu, A.K. and Koomson, I. (2024). Digital literacy and financial inclusion among smallholder farmers: Exploring the gender dichotomy in Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria. In I. Koomson and R. A. Villano (eds.), Financial Inclusion and Sustainable Rural Development, Sustainable Development Goals Series, Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6132-6_9
Coffie, M., Nunoo, J., Karakara, A.AW., Opoku, A. and Boahen, E.A. (2024). Mobile Money Regulation and Financial Behaviours of Rural Population: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa. In Isaac Koomson and Renato Villano eds, Financial Inclusion and Sustainable Rural Development, Springer Nature – Palgrave Macmillan. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6132-6_20
Karakara, A. A. and Osabuohien, E. S. (2020). The Role of Institutions in the Discourse of Sustainable Development in West African Countries. In Osabuohien, E.S., Oduntan, E.A., Gershon, O., Onanuga, O. & Ola-David, O. (eds) “Handbook of Research on Institution Development for Sustainable and Inclusive Economic Growth in Africa” (pp. 15 – 27) IGI Global DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4817-2.ch002
Osabuohien, E. S., Olokoyo, F., Efobi, U., Karakara, A. A. and Beecroft. I. (2020). Large-scale Land Investments and Households’ Livelihood in Nigeria: Empirical Insights from Quantitative Analysis. In Osabuohien E. (Ed) “The Palgrave Handbook of Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa” Palgrave Macmillan, page 133 – 152 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41513-6_7
Osabuohien, E. S., and Karakara, A. A. (2020). Conclusion: Agriculture Investments and Rural Development in Africa: Salient Issues and Imperatives. In Osabuohien E. (Ed) “The Palgrave Handbook of Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa”. Palgrave Macmillan, page 627 – 640. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41513-6_28
Karakara, A. A. and Osabuohien, E. S. (2020). Categorical Dependent Variables Estimations with Some Empirical Applications. In Sloboda, B.W. & Sissoko, Y. (Eds) “Applied Econometric Analysis: Emerging Research and Opportunities” (pp. 164–189). IGI Global DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1093-3.ch008