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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
The changing role of CSOs in public policy making in Ghana
AG Abdulai, R Quantson
2009 Ghana Social Science Journal 6 (2), 38-38, 2009 Social Sciences 30
Rethinking elite commitment to social protection in Ghana: Insights from an adapted political settlements approach
AG Abdulai
2019 ESID Working Paper, 2019 Social Sciences 27
Gobernanza de las industrias extractivas
A Bebbington, AG Abdulai, D Humphreys, M Hinfelaar, C Sanborn
2019 Política, historia, ideas. Lima: Luis Enrique Bossio, 2019 Social Sciences 26
Rethinking the politics of development in Africa? How the'political settlement'shapes resource allocation in Ghana
AG Abdulai, S Hickey
2014 ESID working paper, 2014 Social Sciences 24
The politics of bureaucratic ‘pockets of effectiveness’: Insights from Ghana’s Ministry of Finance
AG Abdulai, G Mohan
2019 ESID working paper, 2019 Social Sciences 21
Rethinking spatial inequalities in development: The primacy of politics and power relations
AG Abdulai
2014 ESID Working Paper, 2014 Social Sciences 19
Confronting shifting energy landscapes and contested domestic politics: Ghana's national oil company and the global energy transition
M Tyce, AG Abdulai, KP Asante
2025 Energy Research & Social Science 119, 103901, 2025 Social Sciences 18
The political economy of maternal healthcare in Ghana
AG Abdulai
2018 ESID Working Paper, 2018 Social Sciences 16
Research handbook on democracy and development
G Crawford, AG Abdulai
2021 Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021 Social Sciences 14
The ‘new’institutional politics of Ghana’s hydrocarbon governance
K Asante, AG Abdulai, G Mohan
2021 ESID Working Paper 169. Manchester: Effective States and Inclusive …, 2021 Social Sciences 14
Why assist people living in poverty?: The ethics of poverty reduction
A Barrientos, AG Abdulai, D Demirag, R De Groot, LP Ragno
2016 United Nations, 2016 Social Sciences 14
Accra: City report
AG Abdulai
2024 Available at SSRN 5018413, 2024 Social Sciences 13
Local revenue mobilisation in Ghana: Why similar metropolitan and municipal assemblies exhibit different outcomes
PY Mahama, AG Abdulai, K Asamoah
2024 Social Sciences & Humanities Open 9, 100853, 2024 Social Sciences 13
Party political campaigning and the illegal extraction of gold in Ghana
AG Abdulai, L Buur, P Stacey
2025 World Development 192, 107008, 2025 Social Sciences 12
'Is Ghana a Model for Africa?’
AG Abdulai, G Crawford
2010 World Politics Review, 2010 Social Sciences 12
Citizens’ knowledge and perceptions about poverty, vulnerability rights and social protection in ghana: A baseline study
AG Abdulai, A Salifu, M Ibrahim, C Nunyonameh, E Dankyi, P Asuming
2021 Report Commissioned by UNICEF Ghana, 2021 Social Sciences 11
‘Democratic Consolidation in Ghana: Prospects and Challenges?'
AG Abdulai, G Crawford
2010 Democratization 17 (1), 26-67, 2010 Social Sciences 11
Political settlement dynamics and the emergence and decline of bureaucratic pockets of effectiveness in Ghana
AG Abdulai
2021 ESID Working Paper, 2021 Social Sciences 10
Can social assistance (with a child lens) help in reducing urban poverty in Ghana? Evidence, challenges and the way forward
S Devereux, AG Abdulai, J Cuesta, J Gupte, LP Ragno, K Roelen, ...
2018 United Nations, 2018 Social Sciences 10
Politicization of bureaucracy
D Appiah, AG Abdulai
2023 Global encyclopedia of public administration, public policy, and governance …, 2023 Social Sciences 8
The Politics of Resource Sharing and Regional Inequality in Ghana: Lessons for the post-2015 development agenda
AG Abdulai
2014 Development 57 (3), 488-496, 2014 Social Sciences 8
Democratization, poverty and inequality
G Crawford, AG Abdulai
2012 Routledge Handbook of Democratization, 353-367, 2012 Social Sciences 8
Liberal democracy promotion and civil society strengthening in Ghana
G Crawford, AG Abdulai
2012 The Conceptual Politics of Democracy Promotion, 131-150, 2012 Social Sciences 6
'Ghana: A Political Context Study’
AG Abdulai
2009 Social Sciences 6
Ghana's Social Policy Response to Covid-19: Leaving the Poorest Behind?
AG Abdulai, M Ibrahim
2021 DEU 31, 11, 2021 Social Sciences 5