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1 Curriculum Vitae of Charles Yaw Okyere Personal Data Name Date and Place of Birth Nationality Marital Status Professional Memberships Charles Yaw Okyere 14 th March 1985, Mampong-Ashanti Ghanaian Married, 2 Children International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE) Address Department of Economic and Technological Change (ZEF B) okyerecharles@gmail.com Telephone Germany: , Ghana: Computer Skills Desired Employment/Occupational Field SPSS, Microsoft Office, Eviews, STATA and Limdep To become a lecturer and/or research fellow in the field of development economics especially application of behavioral, experimental and quasi-experimental economic techniques to health, education, agriculture and welfare Education PhD in Agricultural Sciences,, Germany M.Phil. in Agricultural Economics, University of Ghana, Legon BSc. in Agriculture Technology, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana Senior Secondary School Certificate, Konongo-Odumasi Senior High School, Odumasi-Ashanti, Ghana Work Experience Junior Researcher,, Department of Economic and Technological Change (ZEF B), 2012 Research Assistant, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana 1

2 Research Assistant, Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Accra, Ghana 2010 Volunteer for 1 Billion Hungry FAO Campaign, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Accra, Ghana National Service Personnel, Asante Akim South District Assembly (AASDA) (Registry Department), Juaso-Ashanti, Ghana Professional Experience Charles Y. Okyere has submitted his doctoral thesis entitled Water Quality in Multipurpose Water Systems, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health Outcomes in Ghana to the Faculty of Agriculture,, Germany. I had doctoral (PhD) studies at the Department of Economic and Technological Change,,, Germany. In May 2013, I successfully completed 14.73x: The Challenges of Global Poverty, an online learning initiative of The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) through edx. Charles Y. Okyere holds a Master of Philosophy degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ghana and also worked with ISSER as a Research Assistant on Ghana Social Opportunities Project (GSOP) and Feed the Future Population Based Survey (FtF PBS) from February 2012 to September The main activities for these two projects included training data enumerators, conducting reconnaissance survey, monitoring data collection exercise and supervising data entry, data analysis and report writing. In 2007, I graduated with second class upper division in Agriculture Technology (Agricultural Economics and Extension option) from the University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana. Between 2009 and 2012, Charles Y. Okyere worked for research organizations (including International Food Policy Research Institute, Food and Agriculture Organization, ACDI/VOCA, among others) on part-time basis on data collection and entry. His interest areas include application of behavioral, experimental and quasi-experimental economic techniques to health, education, agriculture and welfare. He has skills in conducting socio-economic surveys (for instance, data collection and analysis) and has been involved in the collection of data in seven regions of Ghana on various development issues, using both quantitative and qualitative techniques. I can contribute to teaching, particularly on agricultural, development, behavioral and experimental economics, and application for funding for research. I have experience in managing funds for data collection. During my doctoral studies, I managed funds for four rounds of data collection and rolling-out of experiment including budgeting and rendering of accounts to, Germany. He has fair idea on the use of socio-economic surveys and also a computer literate with good knowledge in computer programs such as SPSS, Microsoft Office, Eviews, STATA and Limdep for data management, data analysis, report writing and econometric modeling. Over the years, I have had the opportunity of working with renowned researchers such as Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun, the late Prof. Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere, and Prof. Kwabena A. Anaman either as a Research Assistant, Junior Researcher or co-author. 2

3 Honors and Awards Scholarship for PhD in Agricultural Sciences,, University of Bonn, Germany, August Second Rank for Best Term Papers of the Academic Year 2012 (with Yira Yacouba and Dominik Gilgenbach),,, Germany, April Selected Conference, Seminar and Workshop Presentations Validation Workshop on Agriculture in the Economic and Social Development of Ghana Project, Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Accra, Ghana, 8 June WATSAN Agriculture Workshop,,, Germany, 8-9 September s Annual Board Meeting, Session 3: Food, Health, and Natural Resources- Research Projects, Bonn, Germany, 18 September th International Conference of Agriculture Economists (ICAE), Milan, Italy, 9-14 August s Annual Board Meeting, Session on Health and Sanitation, Bonn, Germany, 17 September Better Policies: Better Lives Conference, London Experimental Week, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom, 30 November to 4 December The Center for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) Conference 2016 and 2017, University of Oxford, UK, March 2016 and March Selected Workshop and Seminar Attended Year Organizer Topic 2012,, Germany 2013 Food Security Center, University of Hohenheim, and, 2015 Food Security Center, University of Hohenheim, and, 2015 North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany Learning Intercultural Competence Working within Political Contexts Leadership Development Coping with Difficult Decisions: An Experimental Economics Perspective 2015 The German WASH-Network Bonn WASH Nutrition Forum

4 Publications Journal Articles Asenso-Okyere, K., D. B. Sarpong, C. Y. Okyere, A. Mensah-Bonsu and S. Asuming-Brempong (2013). Modeling the Determinants of Farmers Decision on Exclusive Schooling and Child Labor in the Cocoa Sector of Ghana. Global Journal of Human Social Science: Economics, 13(3), pp Available online at: Okyere, C. Y., Y. Yacouba and D. Gilgenbach (2013). The Problem of Annual Occurrences of Floods in Accra: An Integration of Hydrological, Economic and Political Perspectives. Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, 8(2), pp Available online at: Book Chapters Anaman, K. A. and C. Y. Okyere (2012). Ministry of Food and Agriculture Expenditures and the Output of the Smallholder Non-cocoa Sector in Ghana. In Agriculture and Socioeconomic Development of Ghana: Some Policy Issues, Institute for Democratic Governance, Accra, Ghana, pp Discussion and Working Papers Okyere, C. Y., E. H. Pangaribowo, F. A. Asante, and J. von Braun (2017). The Impacts of Household Water Quality Testing and Information on Safe Water Behaviors: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Ghana. ZEF- Discussion Papers on Development Policy No. 234, Center for Development Research, Bonn, March, pp.57. Available online at: Research Reports Osei-Akoto, I., S. Bawakyillenuo, G. Owusu, E. L. Offei, C. Y. Okyere, and I. K. Agbelie (2014). Short Term Impact Evaluation Report on Labour Intensive Public Works (LIPW) of Ghana Social Opportunities Project (GSOP). A Report Submitted to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development of Ghana/The World Bank, Accra, Ghana. Policy Briefs Anaman, K. A., K. Impraim and C. Y. Okyere (2011). The Public Agricultural Budget Analysis Process in Ghana. Institute for Democratic Governance, Accra, Ghana, 10 pp. Dissertations/Theses Okyere, C. Y. (2017). Water Quality in Multipurpose Water Systems, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health Outcomes in Ghana. A Doctoral Thesis Submitted to Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn, Germany, pp

5 Okyere, C. Y. (2010). Modeling the Determinants of Farmers Decisions on Child Labour and Schooling in the Cocoa Sector of Ghana. Unpublished Master of Philosophy Thesis, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana. Okyere, C. Y. and J. Lartey (2007). Assessing the Effects of Non-Governmental Organizations (N.G.Os) Activities on Poverty Reduction in the Tolon Kumbungu District. Unpublished Bachelor of Science Dissertation, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana. Work in Progress Okyere, C. Y., N. Gerber and E. H. Pangaribowo. Understanding the Interactions between Multipurpose Water Systems, Water and Sanitation, and Child Health and Nutrition: Evidence from Southern Ghana. (Completed draft awaiting submission to journal). Okyere, C. Y., E. H. Pangaribowo, and N. Gerber. Household Water Quality Testing and Information: Identifying Impacts on Health Outcomes, and Sanitation and Hygiene-related Riskmitigating Behaviors. (Under review in Economics and Human Biology). Okyere, C. Y., E. H. Pangaribowo, F. A. Asante, and J. von Braun. The Impacts of Household Water Quality Testing and Information on Safe Water Behaviors: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Ghana. (Completed draft awaiting submission to journal). Okyere, C. Y., F. A. Asante and J. von Braun. Household Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Investment Decisions after Relaxing Information Constraint. (Completed draft awaiting submission to journal). Okyere, C. Y. and F. A. Asante. Households` Perceptions of a Randomized Evaluation on Water Quality Testing and Information in Southern Ghana. (Under review in Health Policy and Planning). Okyere, C. Y., and E. H. Pangaribowo. A Study on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Practices among Selected Public Basic Schools in Southern Ghana. (Completed draft awaiting submission to journal). References Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun Department of Economic and Technological Change (ZEF B) jvonbraun@uni-bonn.de Dr. Nicolas Gerber Department of Economic and Technological Change (ZEF B) ngerber@uni-bonn.de 5