KWADWO NYANTAKYI is a Senior Lecturer and Coordinator for Supply Chain and Project Management Undergraduate Level at the Department of Management Science, GIMPA Business School.
He holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree, in Mathematics from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana; Master of Science Financial Mathematics from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.
From 2019 to 2021, he was appointed by African Development Institute (ADI) at the African Development Bank (AfDB) as a Senior Consultant, at the HeadQuarters Cote D’Ivoire where he worked on Developing Public Service Delivery Index (PSDI) and Capacity Development Effectiveness Index (CDEI) for Africa.
Professional Affiliations
▪ Member, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
▪ Member American Statistical Association (ASA)
▪ Life Member Institute of Applied Statistics Sri Lanka (IASSL)
▪ Member Association of Economics Sri Lanka (AESL)
Selected Publications
▪ Policy Documents: 2020
- African Development Bank Group, 2020: Summary for Policymakers. In: Macro-Economic Policy Responses for Enhancing Resilient Economies in Post COVID-19 Africa. Contributions of the African Development Institute Global Community of Practice on COVID-19 Response Strategies in Africa [Urama, K.C; Ogunleye, E.K; N. Sebutsoe; N. Wabiri; Nyantakyi; and C. Chukwu (eds.)]. African Development Bank Group, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire click here
- African Development Bank Group, 2020: Matrix of Policy Options. In: Macro-Economic Policy Responses for Enhancing Resilient Economies in Post COVID-19 Africa. Contributions of the African Development Institute Global Community of Practice on COVID-19 Response Strategies in Africa [Urama, K.C; Ogunleye, E.K; N. Sebutsoe; N. Wabiri; Nyantakyi; and C. Chukwu (eds.)]. African Development Bank Group, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire click here
- African Development Bank Group, 2020: Notes for Policymakers. In: Macro-Economic Policy Responses for Enhancing Resilient Economies in Post COVID-19 Africa. Contributions of the African Development Institute Global Community of Practice on COVID-19 Response Strategies in Africa [Urama, K.C; Ogunleye, E.K; N. Sebutsoe; N. Wabiri; Nyantakyi; and C. Chukwu (eds.)]. African Development Bank Group, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. click here
- Policies for building resilience in food systems and agricultural value chains in post COVID-19 Africa– ECAD/PCER click here
- Policies for Inclusive Health in Post COVID -19 Africa: Summary Outcomes of the African Development Institute (ADI) Global Community of Practice (G-CoP) e-Seminar [Urama, K.C; Ogunleye, E.K; Wabiri, N;]– click here
- Urama, K.C. 2020. Building Back Better -Policies for Building Resilient Economies in Post-COVID-19 Africa. Opinion paper. African Development Institute’s Global Community of Practice (G-CoP) established to harness and synthesize knowledge and experiences globally to inform policy responses to COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. African Development Bank Group. click here
- African Development Bank Group, 2020: Matrix of Policy Options. In: Building Resilience in Food Systems and Agricultural Value Chains: Agricultural Policy Responses to COVID-19 in Africa. Contributions of the African Development Institute Global Community of Practice on COVID-19 Response Strategies in Africa [Urama, K.C; and Ogunleye, E.K; Atsuko, T; Sebutsoe, N; Wabiri, N, and Nyantakyi, K (eds.)]. African Development Bank Group, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. click here
- African Development Bank Group, 2020: Summary for Policymakers. In: Building Resilience in Food Systems and Agricultural Value Chains: Agricultural Policy Responses to COVID-19 in Africa. Contributions of the African Development Institute Global Community of Practice on COVID-19 Response Strategies in Africa [Urama, K.C; and Ogunleye, E.K; Atsuko, T; Sebutsoe, N; Wabiri, N, and Nyantakyi, K (eds.)]. African Development Bank Group, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. click here
- African Development Bank Group, 2020: Summary for Policymakers- Regional and Global. In: Building Resilience in Food Systems and Agricultural Value Chains: Agricultural Policy Responses to COVID-19 in Africa. Contributions of the African Development Institute Global Community of Practice on COVID-19 Response Strategies in Africa [Urama, K.C; and Ogunleye, E.K; Atsuko, T; Sebutsoe, N; Wabiri, N, and Nyantakyi, K (eds.)]. African Development Bank Group, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. click here
Other Article Publications
- Buabeng, S. Twumasi-Ankrah, A. Nyantakyi, B. Kumi-Boateng (2019) “Parsimonious Model for Predicting Cocoa Production in Ghana” Advances and Applications in Statistics: Volume 55, Number 2, 2019, Pages 193-220 DX.DOI.ORG/10.17654/AS055020193
- Twumasi-Ankrah Sampson, Nyantakyi Agyei Kwadwo (2019) “Statistical Modeling of Temperature Extremes Behaviour in Ghana” Journal of Mathematics and Statistics. DOI : 10.3844/jmssp.2018.275.284
- Twumasi-Ankrah Sampson, Pels Wilhemina, Nyantakyi Agyei Kwadwo, Addo D. K. (2019) “Comparison of Statistical Techniques for Forecasting Malaria Cases in Ghana” Journal of Biostatistics and Biometric Applications 4(1):102
- Kwadwo Agyei Nyantakyi, B. L. Peiris, L. H. P. Gunaratne, (2015). “Detection of Structural Changes in Correctly Specified and Misspecified Conditional Quantile Polynomial Distributed Lag (QPDL) Model using change-point analysis”, Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 3(2); pp. 32-40 DOI: 10.13189/ms.2015.030202
- Kwadwo Agyei Nyantakyi, (2015). “Conditional Quantile Polynomial Distributed Lag (QPDL) Model with an Application to Rubber Price Returns”, Journal of Physical Science and Applications. 5(2); pp. 108-115) DOI: 10.17265/2159-5348/2015.02.004
- Kwadwo Agyei Nyantakyi, B. L. Peiris, L. H. P. Gunaratne, (2015). ”Quantile Regression Analysis of the Effects of Production of Natural Rubber by Asian Countries on World Rubber Price”, International Journal of Development and Sustainability, 4(5); pp. 492-504
- Kwadwo Agyei Nyantakyi, B. L. Peiris, L. H. P. Gunaratne, (2014). “Estimation of Rubber Price Returns Using Quantile Regression”, Tropical Agricultural Research Journal, 26(4) DOI: 10.4038/tar.v26i4.8131
- Kwadwo Agyei Nyantakyi, (2015). “The Interdependency of Asset pricing on Prices of Its Substitutes: Application to Cocoa, Coffee and Tea”. American Journal of Business, Economics and Management; 3(5), pp. 277-282
- Kwadwo Agyei Nyantakyi, (2015). ”Neural Network Approach to Estimating Conditional Quantile Polynomial Distributed Lag (QPDL) Model with an application to Rubber Price Returns”, American Journal of Business, Economics and Management; 3(3), pp. 162-170
- Kwadwo Agyei Nyantakyi, B. L. Peiris, L. H. P. Gunaratne, (2015). “Analysis of the Interrelationships between the Prices of Sri Lankan Rubber, Tea and Coconut Production Using Multivariate Time Series”, Advances in Economics and Business Journal, 3(2); pp. 50-56 DOI: 10.13189/aeb.2015.030203
- Sampson Ankrah, Kwadwo A. Nyantakyi, E.Dadey, (2014). “Modeling the Causal Effect of World Cocoa Price on Production of Cocoa in Ghana”, Universal Journal of Agricultural Research 2(7): 264-271 DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2014.020706
