Kenneth Ofori-Boateng holds a Ph.D. in Environmental and Development Economics from the Department of Economics, University of Ibadan-under the AERC’s collaborative Ph.D. program for Sub-Saharan Africa, Masters in Economics and a degree in Economics and Law (both from KNUST). He has been trained in special programs in several Universities such as the University of Pretoria-Johannesburg Campus (South Africa), University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), Joint Facility for Electives (Nairobi, Kenya), University of Ghana Business School etc. He is a researcher, currently an Associate Professor at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). Among consultancy works undertaken by Kenneth includes but not limited to development of Funding Mechanism for agricultural Value Chain Actors, feasibility studies, project development proposals for development organizations, end of project evaluation as well as monitoring and evaluation of development projects. He has consulted extensively for various institutions including the MoFA (FSRP), Ministry of Railways, AFDB, GCAP, Hunger Project-Ghana, CODESRIA-Senegal, RTIMP/IFAD, ICOUR and ACET. His research output has appeared in leading international peer reviewed journals such as International Journal of Green Economics, Journal of Poverty, Poverty and Public Policy, springerplus, International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Journal of Financial Crime, international Social Science Journal (ISSJ), SN: Business Economics, Scientific African, etc.

• Development Economics
• Environmental Economics
• Public Sector Economics
• International Economics

• Applied Economics in General;
• Poverty and Growth;
• African Business Development and Growth;
• Climate Change and Development ;
• Public Sector Macroeconomics;
• Intra-African Trade and Networks

• Lead Consultant: Consulting Services to offer Technical support -Review & Re-structuring of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ), (Government Flagship program) to be renamed as Enhanced Planting for Food and Jobs (E-PFJ), MoFA, Accra, Ghana, May 2023 to date.
• Lead Consultant: Consulting Services for the Development of Funding Mechanisms for Selected Interventions, FSRP, RFP No: GH-FSRP PHASE 2 296338-CS-INDV, August 2022- GHc399,000
• Member of GIMPA Team (Six Member Team), Consulting Services to undertake Labour Rationalization Exercise, for the Ghana Railway Company (GRCL), November, 2022. – GHc2,176,000.
• Lead Researcher for the Eastern Border, Research on Motivations behind Cross-Border Registration/Voting along the three Key Land borders of Ghana. Sponsored by KONRAD ADENAUER STIFTUNG (KAS), August –October, 2020.
• Lead Consultant to a feasibility study (Technical, Financial and Environmental Impact Assessment) for AFDB to establish Cashew Nut Plant in Nigeria for Go-Africa, 2019/2020. $209,000.
• Member of consulting team to Hunger Project Ghana on drafting the technical and financial proposal on the project Rural and Agricultural Finance Programme (RAFIP). The proposal won Hunger Project Ghana US$370,000 in 2015.

• 7^th March, 2020, Citation of Commendation for Meritorious and selfless services by the IUN (Board of Directors), University of Applied Management (UAM), Germany.
• 2015, scholarship by the Global Business School Network (GBSN) to participate in the Global Summer School of Empirical Research, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
• 2015, Scholarship by Partnership for African Social and Governance (PASGR) to participate in Contemporary Political Economy Analysis, Nairobi, Kenya.
• 2012- University of Ibadan International Scholarship for West African Students (First Awardees)
• 2008-2011: African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) – PhD. Fellowship, under the Collaborative Ph.D. Program (CPP)

Master’s Level Course, GIMPA Business School, GIMPA, Accra, Ghana

• Business Economics
• Managerial Economics
• International Economics
• Business Research Methods
• Private Sector Development
• Development Issues in Finance
• Economic Policies and Development
• Monetary Economics

Undergraduate Level Course, GIMPA Business School, GIMPA, Accra, Ghana

• Public Sector Finance (Private Sector Economics)
• Development Issues in Ghana

Special Program of the Liberian Law Enforcement Agency, GIMPA CMD Program, Postgraduate Level, GIMPA Business School. GIMPA, Accra.

• Economic Development Planning

Diploma in Management Studies (DMS) and Undergraduate Level Course, GIMPA Business School, GIMPA, Accra

• Economic Science (Micro & Micro)

Selected Publications

Peer reviewed book chapters

• Samuel K. Bonsu, Kenneth Ofori-Boateng and Kumiwaa Asante. The Resilience of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration through Covid-19 and Related Challenges” ” in Higher Education and the Covid-19 Pandemic, Edited by Fulufthelo N., Ayenachew A.W., & Tatiana K., , Publisher: Brill, 2022,
• Kenneth Ofori-Boateng, Williams Ohemeng and Innocent Tetteh. “The Poor and Energy use in Developing Countries: Ghana’s Case” in a hand book in Poverty and Inequality, (Edited by Udaya R. Wagle, Western Michigan University, Publisher: Edward Elgar, https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800882300, 2023

Peer reviewed journal articles

• J, Ofori-Boateng, K., Randolph. A, & Bugre E.A (2023). Revisiting the tax evasion and Corruption-Economic Development Nexus in Ghana: Fresh Evidence from a SEM Approach, in Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Vol. ahead of Print, Emerald Publishing Ltd, https://doi.org/10.1108/JEAS-01-2023-0020
• Darmoe Joseph & Ofori-Boateng, (2022). What drug to buy? Generic brand Substitution in base of the pyramid markets: Evidence from Ghana, Journal of Generic Medicines, Vol. 0(0) 1–13, DOI: 10.1177/17411343221144876, SAGE journals.sagepub.com/home/jgm
• Anthony Amoah, George Hughes, Ofori-Boateng Kenneth and Teteh E.J, (2022). “Stock Market Response to Covid-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Evidence from Two Emerging Markets”, Scientific African Journal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01300 ,
• Ofori-Boateng Kenneth, Williams Ohemeng, Ernest Ahawaadong Boro and Elvis Kwame Agyapong (2022). Market Structure, Efficiency and Profitability of Insurance Companies in Emerging economy, , Cogent Economics & Finance, Taylor & Francis, , DOI: 1080/23322039.2022.2068784.
• Nathaniel Blankson, Ofori-Boateng Kenneth, Kwami Adanu and Godfred Amewu, (2022). “Banking Reforms, Efficiency and Competition: New Empirical Evidence from a Panel Vector Autoregressive Analysis of Ghanaian Banks”, SN: Business & Economics, Springer Nature, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43546-022-00210-9 ,
• Ofori-Boateng, Ohemeng W, Elvis K. Agyapong and Louis Annor Jnr (2022). “Commodity Price Volatility and Stock Market Returns in an Emerging Economy”, , International Social Science Journal (ISSJ), Willey Publishers, , DOI: 10.1111/issj.12320
• Ofori-Boateng, Ohemeng W., Elvis K. Agyapong and Ben Justice Bribinti (2021). “The Impact of COVID-19 on Stock Returns of Listed Firms on the Stock Market: Ghana’s Experience”, ,  African Journal of Economics and Management Studies, Emerald Insight at: https://www.emerald.com/insight/2040-0705.htm,
• Ofori-Boateng, Ohemeng W., and Elvis Kwame Agyapong (2021). “Exchange Rate and Inflation Dynamics: Does the month or quarter of the year matter?” SN Business & Economics (Springer) vol. 1(6), pages 1-24, DOI: 10.1007/s43546-021-00074-5
• Tuffour, J. K., Ofori-Boateng, Williams Ohemeng, & Akuaku, J. K. (2021). “Life insurance companies: Determinants of cost efficiency and profitability” Journal of Accounting, Business and Management, 28(2, October).
• Ofori-Boateng, Williams Ohemeng, Adams, S., (2020). “Coping Strategies of the Urban Poor: A Case Study from GhanaPoverty and Public Policy (Wiley), 12(3): 236-254  https://doi.org/10.1002/pop4.286
• Daniel Susuawu, John Kwaku Amoh and Ofori-Boateng (2020). “Does Service Quality Influence Tax Compliance Behaviour of SMEs? A New Perspective from Ghana”, International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 2020, 10(6), 50-56, Econjournals,  www.econjournals.com
• John K, Amoh, Dadson Awunyo-Vitor and Ofori-Boateng Kenneth (2020).“Customers’ awareness and knowledge level of fraudulent acts in electronic banking in Ghana: evidence from a universal bank”, (Journal of Financial Crime, Emerald Publishers, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43546-021-00074-5
• uffour, J. K., Ofori-Boateng, Ohemeng W., (2020). “Efficiency of listed banks operations and stock price movements” International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 10(1): 219-227. https://doi.org/10.32479/ijefi.8392,
• Amoh K.J, Awuah K. W and Ofori-Boateng, (2020) “Do Corrupting Activities Hamper Economic Growth? Fresh empirical evidence from an emerging economy, , Journal of Financial Crime, 1359-0790  Emerald Publishing Limited, DOI 10.1108/JFC-11-2019-0150.
• Tuffour, J.K., Owusu, P.A. and Ofori-Boateng, (2018).  Profitability of Listed Ghanaian Banks determined by Stylized Facts, International Journal of Applied Economics and Finance, CrossMark Publishers, DOI: 10.3923/ijaef.2018, DOI: 10.3923/ijaef.2018.1.8
• Ezekiel NN Nortey, Delali D Ngoh, Kwabena Doku-Amponsah and Ofori-Boateng, (2015). “Modeling inflation rates and exchange rates in Ghana: application of multivariate GARCH models”, SpringerPlus, 4:86, DOI 10.1186/s40064-015-0837-6, Springer Publishers,
• Ofori-Boateng, and Baba Insah (2014).The impact of climate change on cocoa production in West Africa”,) International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Vol. 6 Iss 3 pp. 296 – 314 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJCCSM-01-2013-0007, Emerald Publishers.

Email: koboateng@gimpa.edu.gh