Educational Background:

Godwin Kofi Vondolia is a lecturer at the Department of Economics. He obtained B.A. Economics from University of Cape Coast in 2000 and M.Sc. in Development and Resource Economics from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in 2004. He is currently a PhD Candidate at the Environmental Economics Unit, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Research interests:
Environmental valuation, fisheries economics and welfare economics

Publication:
[With Ståle Navrud] Using Contingent Valuation to Price Ecotourism Sites in Developing Countries, Tourism, Vol. 53 (2005), No. 2: 115 – 125. [See the link for the abstract www.cababstractsplus.org/google/abstract.asp?AcNo=20053153548]

On-going research:
Do Ghanaian Farmers have Preferences for the National Biodiversity Strategy? A paper presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the EAERE, June 25 – 28, 2008 at the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
[With Dr. Francis M. Asenso-Boadi] Private sector participation in the provision of quality drinking water in urban areas in Ghana: Are the people willing to pay? (AERC Research Project)

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