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Profiles
Dr James Benhin
Associate Professor in Economics in Plymouth Business School
Biography
Biography
Teaching and researching in many areas of economics including environmental, resource and development economics.
Director of Studies for several PhD students.
Visiting Lecturer in natural resource economics at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Director of FoB PhD Programmes (2015 - 2019).
Chair, Faculty of Business Research Ethics Committee (2014 - 2019).
Chair, Faculty of Business Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (2014 - 2018).
Member, University of Plymouth Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (2014 - 2018).
Member, Faculty of Business Research Ethics Committee (2013 - ).
Member, Faculty of Business Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (2012 - ).
Qualifications
DPhil (Environmental Economics and Environmental Management), University of York.
MPhil (Economics), University of Ghana
PG Cert. in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Plymouth.
B.A. (Hons) (Economics), University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Dip. Ed. University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Professional membership
Membership of the:
- European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE)
- Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE)
- Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS)
- African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)
Roles on external bodies
- Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Marine Science, Research & Development
- Consultant for the African Development Bank (ADB)
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
Module Leader for:
- MAR527/MAR502 Economics, Law and Policy for Marine Renewable
- ACF716SU International Environmental Economics
- EMBA700/MBA711 Global Economic Environment
- MBA702 Economics
Also involved in the following modules:
- GEES515 Professional Practice in the Environmental Sector
- PGBS0103 Issues in Finance
- ECN3016/ECN390 Environmental and Resource Economics
- ECN3020/ECN303 Economics Project
- ECN2012 Macroeconomics
- STO206/BUS229 Shaping the Future: Creating Sustainable organisations
- ECN308 Business Management (Graduate Enterprise option)
- ECN109 Interpreting Economic Data
- ECN105 Principles of Economics
- PDP100 Personal Development
Staff serving as external examiners
External Examiner for PhD thesis (2017), University of Middlesex, London, UK.
External Examiner for PhD thesis (2013), Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
External Examiner for PhD thesis (2009), University of Pretoria, South Africa. External Examiner for MSc dissertations, University of Malawi (Bunda Agriculture College), Malawi.
Research
Research
Research interests
Marine resource economics.
Economics of Renewable energy.
Economics of climate change and adaptation.
Economics of conservation and biodiversity.
Macroeconomic policies, trade and the environment.
Development economics.
Economics of climate change and adaptation.
Economics of conservation and biodiversity.
Macroeconomic policies, trade and the environment.
Development economics.
- Natural resource curse;
- Role of institutions in development;
- Aid, FDI and development;
- Emerging countries.
- Sustainable development.
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
Islam Abdelbary (PhD - Completed 2019): Governance and economic development in the Arab region: A global perspective. Dr James Benhin (DoS) and Professor Paul Bishop.
Ali H. Elwerfelli (PhD - Completed 2016): The role of oil in economic development: The case of Libya (1970 – 2010). Dr James Benhin (DoS) and Professor Paul Bishop
Ahmed A. S. Alodadi (PhD - Completed 2015): An econometric analysis of oil/non-oil sectors and economic growth in the GCC: Evidence from Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Dr James Benhin (DoS) and Professor Paul Bishop.
Jwan S. Hussein (PhD - Completed 2015): A time series analysis of private and public investment in Iraq’s economic development process (1970 – 2010). Supervised by: Dr James Benhin (DoS) and Professor Paul Bishop.
Grants & contracts
2002 - 2006: Regional climate, water and agriculture: impacts on and adaptation of agro-ecological systems in Africa - A case study of South Africa (US$40,000 funded by the GEF/World Bank/TFESSD).
2008 - 2011: Sustainable Development within Famouth Harbour: Environmental and socioeconomic issues (Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Project No. KTP007098) With John Dinwoodie and Sarah Tuck, Plymouth Business School (£97,013).
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2023) 'Natural resource curse: A literature survey and comparative assessment of regional groupings of oil-rich countries' Resources Policy 84, , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Oil Boom, Manufacturing Sub-Sectors and Dutch Disease in Selected Oil-Rich Countries' The Journal of Developing Areas 56, (3) 271-295 , DOI
(2021) 'Oil boom, exchange rate and sectoral output: An empirical analysis of Dutch disease in oil-rich countries' Resources Policy 74, , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Governance, capital and economic growth in the Arab Region (vol 73, pg 184, 2018)' QUARTERLY REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE 81, 511-511
(2020) 'Economic Contributions of Mega-Dam Infrastructure as Perceived by Local and Displaced Communities: A Case Study of Merowe Dam, Sudan' Agriculture 10, (6) 227-227 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Is the Dutch disease ample evidence of a resource curse? The case of Libya' Ghanaian Journal of Economics 6, (1) Publisher Site Open access
(2018) 'Governance, Capital and Economic Growth in the Arab Region' The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Oil a blessing or curse: A comparative assessment of Nigeria, Norway and the United Arab Emirates' Theoretical Economics Letters , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Religious Tourism and Economic Growth in Oil-Rich Countries: Evidence from Saudi Arabia' Tourism Analysis 20, (6) 645-651 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Technical and allocative efficiency gains from integrated soil fertility management in the maize farming system of Kenya' Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics 7, (4) 143-152 , DOI
(2015) 'Long Term Economic Growth in Oil-Rich Saudi Arabia: What is the role for non-oil sectors?' ECONOMIC ISSUES 20, 109-129
(2015) 'Public and Private Investment and Economic Development in Iraq (1970-2010)' International Journal of Social Science and Humanity 5, (9) 743-751 , DOI
(2012) 'Sustainable Development of Maritime Operations in Ports' Business Strategy and Environment 21, (2) 111-126 , DOI
(2011) 'Sustainable Development of Maritime Operations in Port' Business Strategy and the Environment
(2011) 'Assessing the viability of protecting Columbia Caribbean Coast from sea level rise: An economic valuation approach' Semestre Económico 14, (29) 13-30
(2010) 'Global climate change and vulnerability of African agriculture: Implications for resilience and sustained productive capacity' Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 49, (3) 183-211
(2009) 'Depletion of forest resources in Sudan: Intervention options for optimal control' ENERGY POLICY 37, (4) 1195-1203 , DOI
(2008) 'South African crop farming and climate change: An economic assessment of impacts' Global Environmental Change 18, (4) 666-678 , DOI
(2008) 'Analysis of economic efficiency in smallholder maize farmer production in Northeastern Kenya' East African Agriculture and Forestry Journal 74, (1&2)
(2008) 'A dynamic analysis of trade and biodiversity loss in semi-arid Southern Africa: The role of grazing activities' International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics 11, (S08) 31-48 Publisher Site
(2006) 'Will African agriculture survive climate change?' World Bank Economic Review 20, (3) 367-388 , DOI
(2006) 'Agriculture and deforestation in the tropics: A critical theoretical and empirical review' Ambio: A Journal of the Human Environment 35, (1) 9-16 , DOI
(2006) 'Will African agriculture survive climate change?' The World Bank Economic Review 20, (3) 367-388
(2004) 'Structural Adjustment Programme, Deforestation and Biodiversity Loss in Ghana' Environmental & Resource Economics 27, (3) 337-366
(2004) 'Factors influencing the incidence and scale of bovine tuberculosis in cattle in southwest England' PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE 63, (1-2) 1-7 , DOI
(2002) 'Participation methodology and neoclassical environmental economics: are they substitutes?' Global Ecology and Biogeography 11, (2) 183-184 , DOI
(2001) 'The Effects of the Structural Adjustment Program on Deforestation in Ghana' Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 30, (1) 66-80
(2000) 'James Fairhead and Melissa Leach, <i>Reframing deforestation: global analysis and local realities: studies in West Africa</i>, Global Environmental Change Series, Routledge, 1998, ISBN 0–415–18591–2' Environment and Development Economics 5, (3) 333-340 , DOI
(2000) 'James Fairhead and Melissa Leach, Reframing deforestation: global analysis and local realities: studies in West Africa, Global Environmental Change Series, Routledge, 1998, ISBN 0 18591 2' Environment and Development Economics 5, (03) 333-340
Books
(2008) Climate Change and Agriculture in Africa: Impact Assessment and Adaptation Strategies. London Earthscan / James & James Earthscan Climate
Chapters
(2019) 'Governance and Economic Growth in the Arab Region' in Zgheib PW Impacts of Political Instability on Economics in the MENA Region 103-133 , DOI
(2019) 'Governance and Economic Growth in the Arab Region' Advances in Public Policy and Administration IGI Global 103-133 , DOI
(2019) 'Political Governance and Sustainable Development' Advances in Public Policy and Administration IGI Global 28-73 , DOI
(2019) 'Political Governance and Sustainable Development: The Role of Theory' in Zgheib PW Impacts of Political Instability on Economics in the MENA Region 28-73 , DOI
(2019) 'The Economic Reform and Political Transition' Advances in Public Policy and Administration IGI Global 145-184 , DOI
(2019) 'The Economic Reform and Political Transition: Potential and Challenges of Arab Development' in Zgheib PW Impacts of Political Instability on Economics in the MENA Region 145-184 , DOI
(2011) 'Assessing the environmental impact of anchoring cruise liners in Falmouth bay' in Gibson P; Papathanassis A; Milde P Cruise Sector Challenges: Making Progress in an Uncertain World. Wiesbaden, Germany Gabler Verlag 93-106
(2010) 'Estimates of monetary values of ecosystem services' in Pushpam K The Economics of Ecosystem and Biodiversity: Ecological and Economic Foundations London Earthscan
(2000) 'Estimating the Biodiversity Effects of Structural Adjustment in Ghana' in Perrings C The economics of biodiversity conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Mending the Ark Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
(2000) 'Forestry, deforestation and biodiversity in Ghana' in Perrings C The economics of biodiversity conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Mending the Ark Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
(2000) 'The Structural Adjustment Programme and Deforestation in Ghana' in Perrings C The economics of biodiversity conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Mending the Ark Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Personal
Personal
Conferences organised
GEF/World Bank Regional climate, water and agriculture: Impacts on and adaptation of agro-ecological systems in Africa, "Understanding and Adapting to Climate Change: What can the World Learn from Africa’s Experience” Zaragoza, Spain, December 2004.
GEF/World Bank Regional climate, water and agriculture: Impacts on and adaptation of agro-ecological systems in Africa, "Training workshop on quality control for country level and regional analyses and reporting", Cairo, Egypt, November 2003.
BioEcon Training Workshop: The Economics of Conservation Biodiversity. A collaborative workshop between the Department of Economics, University College London and the Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA), CEEPA, University of Pretoria, South Africa, September 2003.
GEF/World Bank Regional Climate, water and agriculture: Impacts on and adaptation of agro-ecological systems in Africa. "Training workshop on crop response simulation and river basin hydrology modelling." Accra, Ghana, June 2003.
GEF/World Bank Regional Climate, water and agriculture: Impacts on and adaptation of agro-ecological systems in Africa. “Launching and Training workshop on unified methodologies and data collection needs.” Cape Town, South Africa, December 2002.
Other academic activities
Reviewer for the following academic journals:
Ecological Economics, Environment and Development Economics, Land Economics, Journal of Environmental Management, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Eastern Africa Journal of Rural Development, Environmental Conservation, Forest Policy and Economics, International Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, Conservation Letters, Global and Planetary Change.
Additional information
Project Coordinator, Regional climate, water and agriculture: impacts and adaptation of agro-ecological systems in 11 African countries - a multidiscplinary study, 2002 - 2006 (US$1.3 million funded by the GEF/World Bank/TFESSD)