Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development

George Woode

Biography

George Woode is a Ghanaian who holds a Diploma in Statistics a B.Sc. in Economics and an M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Hohenheim. He is a professionally trained teacher and facilitator and has over 23 years of work experience in program and project monitoring and evaluation in agriculture, health, and education working with the Ghanian Ministry of Education, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA),  West African Health Organization (WAHO) as well as in three projects funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). George Woode is an external Ph.D. student. Currently, he is the monitoring and evaluation manager in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded poultry value chain project.

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PhD Research Project: Governance challenges of nutrition programs in Ghana

Undernutrition remains a barrier to achieving the sustainable development goals in Ghana, where 14% of children under five years are underweight. To change this several donor-funded nutrition programs are active in Ghana.

The project examines how governance challenges in implementing nutrition programs impact nutrition outcomes, focusing on children under five years and explore avenues for reducing these challenges. The project seeks to draw general lessons for the implementation of donor-funded nutrition programs within the framework of public-private partnerships.

Selected Publications

Woode, G. Birner, R. (2019) Does governance impact under-nutrition: An integrated approach to reducing underweight in children under 5. Poster presentation at the 4th International Congress Hidden Hunger at the University of Hohenheim, Germany.

Woode, G. (2016) An analysis of the goat value chain as a strategy for poverty reduction In Ghana. See   https://www.coursehero.com/file/32726893/AN-ANALYSIS-OF-THE-GOAT-VALUE-CHAIN-AS-Apdf/      

Aikins, M., Laar, A., Nonvignon, J., Sackey, S., Ikeda, T., Woode, G., ... & Nyonator, F. (2013). Evaluation of facilitative supervision visits in primary health care service delivery in Northern Ghana. BMC Health Services Research, 13(1), 1-10.      

Chapman, D., Barcikowski, E., Sowah, M., Gyamera, E., & Woode, G. (2002). Do communities know best?: Testing a premise of educational decentralization: community members' perceptions of their local schools in Ghana. International Journal of Educational Development, 22(2), 181-189.