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Dr. Peter Borkly Aglobitse  

 

Full Name: 
Dr. Peter Borkly Aglobitse

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(233)-20-812-3623 (Mobile)
(233)-42-34185 (Home)
(233)-42-36990 (Office)
E-mail:
paglobitse@hotmail.com

 

Research Interests

  1. Demographic Economics
  2. Human Capital Development.
  3. Spousal Selection, Marriage and Fertility
  4. Migration and Transmigration
  5. Health Economics
  6. Health Seeking Behaviour
  7. Health Care Provision
  8. Financing Health Care
  9. Microfinance
  10. Performance Monitoring and Evaluation of Microfinance Institutions

Teaching Interests

  1. Social Statistics
  2. Demographic Economics
  3. Health Economics
  4. Econometrics
  5. Mathematical Economics
  6. Research Methods
  7. Monitoring and Evaluation of Microfinance Institutions

Selected Publications

  1. The Impact of PAMSCAD on the Family: A study of ENOWID intervention in the Western Region of Ghana.  (1995), FADEP Technical Series No.6 [Co-authors: Ardayfio-Schandorf, Elizabeth and Brown, Charles K.
  2. “The Impact of PAMSCAD on the Family: A study of Credit Intervention in the Western Region of Ghana”, The Changing Family in Ghana (1996), [Co-authors: Ardayfio-Schandorf, Elizabeth and Brown, Charles K. pp 112-136.
  3. “Social Networks and Contraceptive Dynamics in Southern Ghana”, (2001), Population Council Working Paper Series,  No. 153, [Co-Authors: Montgomery, Mark M., Kiros, Gebre-Agziabher, Agyeman ,Dominic K., Casterline, John B. and Hewett, Paul C.]
  4. “Social Interaction and Reproductive Behaviour: Evidence from The Cape Coast Project”, Reproductive Change in Ghana (2004), [Co-Authors: Casterline, John B. and Agyeman ,Dominic K.] pp 127-141
  5. “The Choice of Health Care Services by Households in Selected Regions in Ghana”, Ghana Policy Journal, 2, pp 29-43, June 2008  (Forth-coming)

On-Going Research

  1. Social Interaction and the Diffusion of Fertility Behaviour in Ghana.
  2. Demand for Insurance: The case of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana
  3. Public Perception of the National Health Insurance Scheme.
  4. Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions in Ghana