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Emmanuel Debrah

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
Publications

53

Citations

959

H-index

18

i10-index

29

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
18.1
Most cited paper
85
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2025
Last updated
16 Sep 2026, 00:38
Publications

53 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Alleviating poverty in Ghana: The case of livelihood empowerment against poverty (LEAP)
E Debrah
2013 Africa Today 59 (4), 41-67, 2013 Social Sciences 85
Measuring governance institutions' success in Ghana: the case of the electoral commission, 1993–2008
E Debrah
2011 African Studies 70 (1), 25-45, 2011 Social Sciences 73
Preventing the oil curse situation in Ghana: The role of civil society organisations
E Debrah, E Graham
2015 Insight on Africa 7 (1), 21-41, 2015 Social Sciences 56
Does the use of a biometric system guarantee an acceptable election’s outcome? Evidence from Ghana’s 2012 election
E Debrah, J Effah, I Owusu-Mensah
2019 African Studies 78 (3), 347-369, 2019 Social Sciences 52
The politics of decentralization in Ghana’s fourth republic
E Debrah
2014 African studies review 57 (1), 49-69, 2014 Social Sciences 48
Political parties and party politics
E Gyimah-Boadi, E Debrah
2008 CDD-Ghana, 2008 Social Sciences 42
The cost of inter-ethnic conflicts in Ghana’s Northern Region: The case of the Nawuri-Gonja conflicts
E Debrah, S Alidu, I Owusu-Mensah
2016 Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies 3 (1), 1-27, 2016 Social Sciences 41
Decentralization, District Chief Executives, and District Assemblies in G hana's Fourth Republic
E Debrah
2016 Politics & Policy 44 (1), 135-164, 2016 Social Sciences 40
Sino-Ghana bilateral relations and Chinese migrants’ illegal gold mining in Ghana
E Debrah, R Asante
2019 Asian Journal of Political Science 27 (3), 286-307, 2019 Social Sciences 38
The electoral process and the 2000 general elections in Ghana
E Debrah
2005 Liberal democracy and its critics in Africa: political dysfunction and the …, 2005 Social Sciences 38
Assessing the quality of accountability in Ghana’s district assemblies, 1993-2008
E Debrah
2009 African Journal of Political Science and International Relations 3 (6), 278-287, 2009 Social Sciences 37
Biometric technology for voter identification: The experience in Ghana
J Effah, E Debrah
2018 The Information Society 34 (2), 104-113, 2018 Social Sciences 35
The economy and regime change in Ghana, 1992-2004
E Debrah
2009 Ghana Social Science Journal 6 (2), 30-30, 2009 Social Sciences 35
Reforming Ghana's Electoral process: lessons and the way forward
E Debrah
2015 J. Pol. & L. 8, 1, 2015 Social Sciences 31
The youth and party manifestos in Ghanaian politics-the case of the 2012 general elections
RE Van Gyampo, E Debrah
2013 Journal of African Elections 12 (2), 96-114, 2013 Social Sciences 27
Intra-party democracy in Ghana’s fourth republic: The case of the New Patriotic Party and National Democratic Congress
E Debrah
2014 Journal of Power, Politics & Governance 2 (3), 57-75, 2014 Social Sciences 25
Financing political parties in Ghana
JRA Ayee, F Anebo, E Debrah
2007 Report of the Consortium for Development Partnerships, 1-44, 2007 Social Sciences 23
The politics of elections: opposition and incumbency in Ghana's 2000 elections
E Debrah
2004 Africa Insight 34 (2_3), 3-15, 2004 Social Sciences 20
The Ghanaian voter and the 2008 general election
E Debrah
2016 Politikon 43 (3), 371-387, 2016 Social Sciences 18
Participation of chiefs in decentralised local governance in Ghana
E Debrah
2022 Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 53-73, 2022 Social Sciences 16
Politicisation of the National Union of Ghana Students and its effects on student representation
RE Van Gyampo, E Debrah, E Aggrey-Darkoh
2016 Student politics in Africa: Representation and activism 2, 224, 2016 Social Sciences 16
An assessment of the potential for mapping fishing zones off the coast of Ghana using ocean forecast data and vessel movement
EA Debrah, G Wiafe, KA Agyekum, DW Aheto
2018 West African Journal of Applied Ecology 26 (2), 26-43, 2018 Social Sciences 15
Civil society engagement with political parties during elections: lessons from Ghana and Sierra Leone
FK Oppong, F Oduro, M Awal, E Debrah
2013 Oxfam International, 2013 Social Sciences 15
Decentralization and development in Ghana's Fourth Republic
E Debrah, I Owusu‐Mensah
2022 Politics & Policy 50 (6), 1259-1284, 2022 Social Sciences 13
Politics, governance, and development in Ghana
N Chazan, KA Ninsin, E Siaw, AKD Frempong, JA Ayelazuno, ...
2019 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2019 Social Sciences 13