SPSS, Microsoft Office, Eviews, Stata, and Limdep English (Excellent/Working Knowledge); French (Basic); Akan/Twi (Native Speaker)

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1 Curriculum Vitae of Charles Yaw Okyere Personal Data Name Date and Place of Birth Nationality Marital Status Professional Memberships Address 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) Ghana Monitoring and Evaluation Forum (GMEF) Center for Development Research (ZEF) Department of Economic and Technological Change (ZEF B) Walter-Flex-Str Bonn, Germany okyerecharles@gmail.com Telephone Germany: , Ghana: Computer Skills Languages Desired Employment/Occupational Field SPSS, Microsoft Office, Eviews, Stata, and Limdep English (Excellent/Working Knowledge); French (Basic); Akan/Twi (Native Speaker) To become a lecturer and/or research fellow in the field of applied economics especially application of behavioral, experimental and quasi-experimental economic techniques to health, education, agriculture and welfare Education Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences,, Germany M.Phil. in Agricultural Economics, University of Ghana, Legon B.Sc. in Agriculture Technology, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana Senior Secondary School Certificate, Konongo-Odumasi Senior High School, Odumasi-Ashanti, Ghana 1

2 Work Experience Junior Researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Department of Economic and Technological Change (ZEF B),, Germany 2012 Research Assistant, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Legon 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, University of Bonn, Germany. He had doctoral (Ph.D.) studies at the Department of Economic and Technological Change, Center for Development Research (ZEF),, Germany. In May 2013, he 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 a reconnaissance survey, monitoring data collection exercise and supervising data entry, data analysis and report writing. In 2007, he graduated with the 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 a part-time basis on data collection and entry. His interest areas include the 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. He can contribute to teaching, particularly on econometrics, research methods, agricultural, development, behavioral and experimental economics, and application for research funding. He has experience in managing funds for data collection. During his doctoral studies, he managed funds for four rounds of data collection and rolling-out of the experiment including budgeting and rendering of accounts to, 2

3 Germany. Between 2015 and 2017, he has participated in international conferences with funding from, Germany. He has a 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, econometric modeling and report writing. Over the years, he had the opportunity of working with researchers such as Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun and the late Prof. Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere either as a Junior Researcher or co-author. Honors and Awards Scholarship for Doctoral (Ph.D.) Studies in Agricultural Sciences, Center for Development Research (ZEF),, Germany, August Second Rank for Best Term Papers of the Academic Year 2012 (with Yira Yacouba and Dominik Gilgenbach), Center for Development Research (ZEF),, Germany, April Available online at: kyere_yacouba.pdf Funding for Conference Participation, International Promovieren in Deutschland für alle (IPID4all), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Bonn Graduate Center, University of Bonn, Germany, November 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, Center for Development Research (ZEF),, Germany, 8-9 September Center for Development Research (ZEF) 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 Center for Development Research (ZEF) 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

4 Selected Workshop and Seminar Attended Year Organizer Topic 2010 Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Accra, Ghana 2012 Center for Development Research (ZEF),, Germany 2013 Food Security Center, University of Hohenheim, and Center for Development Research (ZEF), 2015 Food Security Center, University of Hohenheim, and Center for Development Research (ZEF), 2015 North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany Democratic Political Transition and Human Development Project 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 Bonn Graduate Center and International Office, Careers with a Doctorate-Day, Germany for International Doctoral Publications Journal Articles The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Bonn, Germany Researchers Various Topics: Improving Drought Resilience of Sub- Saharan Agriculture; Water Lecture; Implementing the Sustainable Development Agenda; among others 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: 4

5 Work in Progress 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. (Under review in Journal of Health Economics). Okyere, C. Y. and F. A. Asante. Household Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Investment Decisions after Relaxing Information Constraint in Southern Ghana. (Under review in Environment and Development Economics). 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 Evaluation Review). Okyere, C. Y., N. Gerber, E. H. Pangaribowo and J. von Braun. Understanding the Interactions between Multipurpose Water Systems, Water and Sanitation, and Child Health and Nutrition: Evidence from Southern Ghana. (Under review in Water Resources and Economics). Okyere, C. Y. and F. A. Asante. Perceptions and Determinants of Households Participation in a Randomized Evaluation on Water Quality Testing and Information in Southern Ghana. (Under review in Water Policy). Okyere, C. Y. and E. H. Pangaribowo. A Study on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Practices among Selected Public Basic Schools in Southern Ghana. (Under review in Ghana Social Science Journal). Okyere, C. Y. Social Interventions, Child Health and Anthropometric Outcomes in Southern Ghana. (Under review in Review of Development Economics). Okyere, C. Y. Intrahousehold Illness Distribution and Household Diarrhea Incidence in Southern Ghana: The Role of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, and their Interaction (Under review in Journal of Water and Health). 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: 5

6 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. Doctoral Thesis Submitted to Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn, Germany, pp 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. 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. References Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun Center for Development Research (ZEF) Department of Economic and Technological Change (ZEF B) Walter-Flex-Str Bonn, Germany jvonbraun@uni-bonn.de Prof. Felix Ankomah Asante Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) University of Ghana P. O. Box LG74 Legon, Accra, Ghana fasante@hotmail.com Dr. Nicolas Gerber Center for Development Research (ZEF) Department of Economic and Technological Change (ZEF B) Walter-Flex-Str Bonn, Germany ngerber@uni-bonn.de Prof. Daniel Bruce Sarpong Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness University of Ghana P. O. Box LG 68 Legon, Accra, Ghana dsarpong@ug.edu.gh 6