ZORA Publication List

Publications

• 2025

  • Chachu, D., Danquah, M., & Gisselquist, R. M. (2025). Towards a measure of local government performance in Ghana: Conceptual framework, data, and results (26/2025; Sub-National Institutional Performance across Ghana’s Districts and Regions: Variation and Causes). https://doi.org/10.35188/unu-wider/2025/583-7

• 2023

  • Chachu, D., Danquah, M., & Gisselquist, R. M. (2023). Subnational governance in Ghana: a comparative assessment of data and performance In J.-P. Faguet & S. Pal (Eds.), Decentralised Governance: Crafting Effective Democracies Around the World (pp. 271–299). LSE Press. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.dlg.j
  • Chachu, D., Danquah, M., & Gisselquist, R. M. (2023). Subnational governance in Ghana: a comparative assessment of data and performance (No. 31; URPP Equality of Opportunity Discussion Paper Series). https://www.urpp-equality.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:61dd2b24-2f82-4337-a3e0-87bb9c587030/31_Chachu_Danquah_Gisselquist_BookChapter.pdf
  • Gafa, D., & Chachu, D. (2023). Explaining Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Governance and Institutions (No. 531; Development Economics). https://publication.aercafricalibrary.org/items/3d54064f-67a6-4505-8def-770194a35536

• 2022

  • Chachu, D. O., & Nketiah-Amponsah, E. (2022). The Fiscal resource curse: What’s China’s natural resource appetite got to do with it? International Review of Applied Economics, 36, 129–146. https://doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2021.1942438
  • Oppel, A., McNabb, K., & Chachu, D. (2022). The dynamics of domestic revenue mobilization across four decades (1/2022; WIDER Working Paper). https://doi.org/10.35188/unu-wider/2022/132-7

• 2021

  • McNabb, K., Oppel, A., & Chachu, D. (2021). Government Revenue Dataset (2021): source selection (No. 10; Wider Technical Notes). https://doi.org/10.35188/unu-wider/wtn/2021-10
  • Chachu, D. (2021). Good institutions and tax revenue outcomes in resource-rich countries: When ‘good’ is not enough (No. 75; WIDER Working Paper). https://doi.org/10.35188/unu-wider/2021/013-9

• 2020

  • Chachu, D. O. (2020). Domestic revenue displacement in resource-rich countries: What’s oil money got to do with it? Resources Policy, 66, 101656. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101656
  • Quartey, P., Turkson, F. E., Abbey, E., Chachu, D., Butu, M., & Wong, B. (2020). Cost-Benefit Analysis of Interventions in the Industrial Sector of Ghana Copenhagen Consensus Center. https://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/sites/default/files/gp_a4_industrial_policy_final.pdf