Browsing by Author "Bonuedi, Isaac"

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    Determinants of Ghana’s Bilateral Trade Flows: A Gravity Model Approach
    (2013-05) Bonuedi, Isaac
    This study seeks to identify the internal and external factors that matter for Ghana’s bilateral exports and total trade flows within the framework of an augmented gravity model. Utilizing a panel data covering 25 major trading partners of Ghana from 1995 to 2011, the study employs panel cointegration analysis, aside the conventional fixed effects and random effects estimators, to establish the existence of and to estimate the long run relationship among Ghana’s bilateral total trade and exports and their respective determinants. The empirical results reveal that improvement in Ghana’s GDP and that of its partners, growth in foreign population, depreciation in real bilateral exchange rate, higher trade freedom of partners, and the inflow of foreign direct investment are robust positive and significant determinants of Ghana’s bilateral exports and total trade. Geographical distance, Ghana’s population and internal transport infrastructure are found to have significantly deleterious impact on Ghana’s bilateral trade flows. It is also found that the level of Ghana’s institutional quality and sharing common language with partners exert positive but statistically insignificant impact on the nation’s bilateral trade flows. The study concludes that the current government’s budgetary focus of massively expanding, upgrading and modernizing trade-related infrastructure in Ghana is a stride in the right direction and must be anchored with policies aimed at improving the overall efficiency and effectiveness of domestic institutions so as to create the needed incentives for economic agents, both at home and abroad, to engage in trade and invest in Ghana’s exports sectors.
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    Exploring the impact of agricultural digitalization on smallholder farmers’ livelihoods in Ghana
    (Heliyon, 2024) Addison, Monica; Bonuedi, Isaac; Arhin, Albert Abraham; Wadei, Bernice; Owusu-Addo, Ebenezer; Antoh, Ernestina Fredua; Mensah-Odum ,; 0000-0002-1614-2965
    pioning digital transformation in Africa. However, people in rural areas are being left behind in harnessing the immense benefits of digitalization for their livelihoods. This study contributes to policy efforts aimed at bridging that gap by investigating the drivers of agricultural digitalization (AD) as well as its effects on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in rural Ghana. Data from a cross-sectional survey of 525 rural farmers across northern, middle and southern Ghana was employed. The study used the probit and tobit estimators to analyze the drivers and intensity of adoption of digital technologies in agriculture and the inverse probability weighting and regression adjustment estimator to mitigate endogeneity concerns. The results show that while female farmers trail male farmers in the intensity of applying digital technologies, higher educational attainment, better perception of digitalization, group/cooperative membership, number of economically active household members, and access to reliable electricity, internet and mobile money services significantly promote the use of digital technologies in agricultural ac tivities. The results further show that AD is significantly associated with perceived improvements in livelihood assets, and ultimately livelihood outcomes of smallholder farmers in rural Ghana. These findings highlight the importance of investing in rural digital infrastructure by policy makers, the private sector and other stakeholders, so as to expand access to and the uptake of digital technologies in agriculture to bolster rural development in Ghan