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Abdul Gafaru Abdulai

PROFESSOR

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

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteUNIV. OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
development politics
Publications

92

Citations

2,771

H-index

27

i10-index

44

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
30.1
Most cited paper
507
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 08:19
Publications

92 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Governing extractive industries: Politics, histories, ideas
A Bebbington, AG Abdulai, D Humphreys Bebbington, M Hinfelaar, ...
2018 Oxford University Press, 2018 Social Sciences 507
The politics of development under competitive clientelism: Insights from Ghana's education sector
AG Abdulai, S Hickey
2016 African affairs 115 (458), 44-72, 2016 Social Sciences 220
Consolidating democracy in Ghana: progress and prospects?
AG Abdulai, G Crawford
2010 Democratization 17 (1), 26-67, 2010 Social Sciences 186
How to make ‘cash plus’ work: Linking cash transfers to services and sectors
K Roelen, S Devereux, AG Abdulai, B Martorano, T Palermo, LP Ragno
2017 Innocenti Working Paper WP-2017-10, 2017 Social Sciences 182
Political will in combating corruption in developing and transition economies: A comparative study of Singapore, Hong Kong and Ghana
AG Abdulai
2009 Journal of Financial Crime 16 (4), 387-417, 2009 Social Sciences 159
The politics of regional inequality in Ghana: state Elites, Donors and PRSP s
AG Abdulai, D Hulme
2015 Development Policy Review 33 (5), 529-553, 2015 Social Sciences 127
Party politics and the political economy of Ghana’s oil
G Mohan, KP Asante, AG Abdulai
2018 New political economy 23 (3), 274-289, 2018 Social Sciences 89
Competitive clientelism and the political economy of mining in Ghana
AG Abdulai
2017 ESID Working Paper, 2017 Social Sciences 85
Linking Social Rights to Active Citizenship for the Most Vulnerable: the Role of Rights and Accountability in the ‘Making’and ‘Shaping’of Social Protection: R. Sabates-Wheeler …
R Sabates-Wheeler, N Wilmink, AG Abdulai, R De Groot, T Spadafora
2020 The European Journal of Development Research 32 (1), 129-151, 2020 Social Sciences 71
The politics of governing oil effectively: A comparative study of two new oil-rich states in Africa
S Hickey, AG Abdulai, A Izama, G Mohan
2015 Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) Working Paper series, 2015 Social Sciences 69
Rethinking persistent poverty in Northern Ghana: The primacy of policy and politics over geography
AG Abdulai, JN Bawole, E Kojo Sakyi
2018 Politics & Policy 46 (2), 233-262, 2018 Social Sciences 68
Competitive clientelism and the politics of core public sector reform in Ghana
D Appiah
2017 SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017 Social Sciences 65
Competitive clientelism, donors and the politics of social protection uptake in Ghana
AG Abdulai
2021 Critical Social Policy 41 (2), 270-293, 2021 Social Sciences 54
Political context study–Ghana
AG Abdulai
2009 Leeds and Accra: Human Rights, Power and Civic Action Research Project 12 (1 …, 2009 Social Sciences 51
The political economy of regional inequality in Ghana: Do political settlements matter?
AG Abdulai
2017 The European Journal of Development Research 29 (1), 213-229, 2017 Social Sciences 50
The galamsey menace in Ghana: A political problem requiring political solutions
AG Abdulai
2017 Policy Brief 5, 2017 Social Sciences 46
Responding to the commodity boom with varieties of resource nationalism: a political economy explanation for the different routes taken by Africa's new oil producers
S Hickey, AG Abdulai, A Izama, G Mohan
2020 The Extractive Industries and Society 7 (4), 1246-1256, 2020 Social Sciences 45
Rethinking spatial inequality in development: The primacy of power relations
AG Abdulai
2017 Journal of International Development 29 (3), 386-403, 2017 Social Sciences 41
Urban social assistance: Evidence, challenges and the way forward, with application to Ghana
J Cuesta, S Devereux, AG Abdulai, J Gupte, LP Ragno, K Roelen, ...
2021 Development Policy Review 39 (3), 360-380, 2021 Social Sciences 40
The influence of policy and legal frameworks on the development of national social protection systems
M Kaltenborn, AG Abdulai, K Roelen, S Hague
2017 The Institute of Development Studies and Partner Organisations, 2017 Social Sciences 39
The World Bank and Ghana's Poverty Reduction Strategies: Strengthening the State or Consolidating Neoliberalism?
G Crawford, AG Abdulai
2009 Labour, Capital and Society/Travail, capital et société, 82-115, 2009 Social Sciences 37
Introduction: The uncertainties of Ghana’s 2020 elections
AG Abdulai, N Sackeyfio
2022 African Affairs 121 (484), e25-e53, 2022 Social Sciences 32
Political settlements and the governance of extractive industry: A comparative analysis of the longue durée in Africa and Latin America
A Bebbington, AG Abdulai, M Hinfelaar, D Humphreys Bebbington, ...
2017 ESID Working Paper, 2017 Social Sciences 32
Is social protection in Ghana a right?
AG Abdulai, AB Abubakari, J Martey
2019 Development in Practice 29 (8), 1064-1074, 2019 Social Sciences 31
State elites and the politics of regional inequality in Ghana
AG Abdulai
2013 PQDT-UK & Ireland, 2013 Social Sciences 30