I hold a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Economics and a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Economics, both from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), as well as a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) in Social Science with a specialization in Economics (First Class Honors) from the University of Cape Coast (UCC). Additionally, I earned a Teacher Certificate ‘A’ from St. Joseph’s College of Education, Bechem.

Currently, I am a Lecturer in the Department of Economics Education, Faculty of Business Education, at the Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED). In my former job, I served as a Senior Lecturer and Acting Kumasi Campus Manager at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

Academic Qualifications

• • Doctor of Philosophy, K.N.U.S.T, 2023
  • Master of Arts, K.N.U.S.T., 2010
  • Bachelor of Education (Social Science), U.C.C, 2006
  • Teacher Certificate ‘A’, St. Joseph’s College of Education, 1999

Professional Affiliations/ Memberships

• • Health Systems Global (HSG)
  • African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA)

Teaching Interests

• • Economy of Ghana
  • International Trade Theory
  • Microeconomics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Data Analytics
  • Mathematics for Economists
  • Research Methods in Economics
  • Econometrics
  • Statistics
  • Health Economics

Research Interests and Supervision

• • My research interests focus on the effects of healthcare policies on health outcomes and financial accessibility to healthcare services in Sub-Saharan Africa. I have supervised research projects and theses for students at both undergraduate and master’s levels.

Selected Publications

• • Arhin, K., Oteng-Abayie, E. F., & Novignon, J. (2023). Assessing the efficiency of health systems in achieving the universal health coverage goal: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Health Economics Review, 13(1), 25.
  • Arhin, K., Frimpong, A. O., Boso, R., & Acheampong, K. (2023). A double bootstrap data envelopment analysis model for evaluating malaria spending efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa. Healthcare Analytics, 3, 100137.
  • Arhin, K., Oteng-Abayie, E. F., & Novignon, J. (2023). Effects of healthcare financing policy tools on health system efficiency: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Heliyon, 9(10).
  • Arhin, K., Frimpong, A. O., & Acheampong, K. (2022). Effect of primary health care expenditure on universal health coverage: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 14, 643–652.
  • Arhin, K., & Frimpong, A. O. (2022). Assessing the efficiency of public health and medical care services in curbing the COVID-19 pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa: A retrospective study. Global Journal of Health Science, 14(4), 111.
  • Arhin, K., & Asante-Darko, D. (2023). Performance evaluation of national healthcare systems in the prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. PLOS ONE, 18(11), e0294653.
  • Arhin, K., Oteng-Abayie, E. F., & Novignon, J. (2023). Cost efficiency of primary health care facilities in Ghana: Stochastic frontier analysis. Discover Health Systems, 2(1), 31.
  • Acheampong, K., Frimpong, A. O., & Arhin, K. (2023). Effect of foreign capital inflows on domestic credit to the private sector in Sub‐Saharan Africa. International Social Science Journal, 73(248), 339–358.
  • Frimpong, A. O., Arhin, K., & Acheampong, K. (2022). Health systems resilience and endemic: Evidence from the COVID-19 outbreak. Journal of Business and Professional Studies, 14(1), 54–66.
  • Arhin, K. (2023). Studies on health systems efficiency: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Department of Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
  • Frimpong, A. O., Arhin, K., Boachie, M. K., & Acheampong, K. (2023). A gravity model approach to understand the spread of pandemics: Evidence from the COVID-19 outbreak. Open Health, 4(1), 20220032.