Research Projects (Current and Past)
- The Gender and Equity Implications of Land-Related Investments on Land Access, Labour and Income-Generating Opportunities in Northern Ghana - The Case Study of Integrated Tamale Fruit Company. 2013. Prepared by Rudith King and John Bugri, and funded by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Rome. E-ISBN 978-92-5-107662-0
- (http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/aq535e/aq535e.pdf) E-ISBN 978-92-5-107662-0
- Survey to address Gaps in data on Energy for Rural and Urban Area in Ghana, submitted to UNDP Regional Office, Dakar, Senegal. 2011.
- Scoping Study on the Productive use of Energy among Slum Dwellers in Ghana. Commissioned by the World Bank/ESMAP, Washington DC. 2011.
- A Study of Girl Child Migration in the Tain District. Commissioned by Action Aid, Ghana’, 2010.
- The Impact of Road Construction on Livelihoods along the corridors of Road Construction Sites on the Kumasi-Accra and the Kumasi-Techiman Trunk Roads in Ghana. Team leader of departmental research. Sponsored by KNUST and DANIDA through Ghana Highway Authority, 2009.
- A Study of the Gendered Impacts of Oil and Gas Exploration, Development and Use in Selected Communities in the Western Region of Ghana. Commissioned by Network for Women’s Rights (NETIGHT) Ghana, Accra, 2009.
- Brown A. Michal and R. King, 2009. ‘The Impact of Chinese Imports on Local Informal Economy of Ghana, Togo and Mali’. Sponsored by the British Academy of Arts, U.K.
- Baseline Study on Rights and Vulnerability. Land Administration Project (LAP). Member of a team of researchers at Institute of Settlements Studies, KNUST who carried out this study. Commissioned by DFID-Ghana, 2005.
- Aberra, E. and Rudith King, 2005, Additional Knowledge on Livelihoods in the Peri-Urban areas of Kumasi, Sponsored by Development Planning Unit, University College London, UK.
- King, R. and Romanus Dinye, 2003. Making a Living in the Street: The Use of Public Space as a Livelihood Strategy. Case Study of Street Vendors in Kumasi. Sponsored by DFID, through University of Cardiff, UK.
- King, R. 2004. Promoting Road Safety through Community Education Programme, using Participatory Tools. Sponsored by Department For International Development (DFID) of UK and Commissioned by Global Road Safety Partnership, Geneva, Switzerland. For more information, see www.GRSProadsafety.org.
- King, R., Azeem, V., Abbey, C., Boateng, S.K. and Mevuta, D. 2003. Public Accountability: Tracking of District Assemblies Common Fund. Social Accountability study, Sponsored by DFID and World Bank.
- King, R. and Solomon Ayeh, B. 2003. Street Vendors in the Kumasi Metropolis: A Case Study of Ghana. Sponsored by Women in Employment, Globalising and Organising (WIEGO) Secretariat, Harvard University, US.
- Owusu, S. K., King, R., Asamoah, P. K., Edusei, J. and Boafo, H., 2002. “The Nature, Extent and Eradication of Homelessness in Developing Countries. Ghana Case Study”. Research conducted for Centre for Architectural Research and Development Overseas (CARDO), School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK.
- King, R. and Obeng, G., 2002. The Impact and Potential of ICTs in Medium and Small Enterprises: A Study of Ghana. Sponsored by UN Institute of Technology, Maastricht. The Netherlands.
- Ofosu-Ahenkorah, A. K., King R. and Solomon-Ayeh, B. 2002. Energy, Poverty and Sustainable Livelihoods Study of Ghana. Commissioned by Energy Foundation, Accra and sponsored by DFID.
- King, R., Inkoom, D. and Mensah-Abrampah K. 2001. Urban Governance, Partnership and Poverty. A Case Study of Kumasi. Sponsored by ESCOR/DFID.
- Kasanga, R. K., Cochrane, J., King, R. and Roth, M. 1995. Land Markets and Legal Contradictions in the Peri-Urban Area of Accra, Ghana: Informant Interviews and Secondary Data Investigation. Madison: Land Tenure Centre, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Land Administration and Research Centre, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.