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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 political economy of progressive fiscal contracts in Africa and Latin America
P Mosley, AG Abdulai
2020 Development Policy Review 38 (4), 411-427, 2020 Social Sciences 5
Governing Extractive Industries
M Hinfelaar, AG Abdulai, A Bebbington, C Sanborn, DH Bebbington
2018 Oxford University Press, 2018 Social Sciences 5
Leaving No One Behind in the Health and Education Sectors: An SDG Stock Take in Ghana
AG Abdulai, I Aziz, C Blampied, S Chattopadhyay, C Ellison, R Greenhill, ...
2018 London: ODI, 2018 Social Sciences 5
The politics of educational inequality in Ghana
AG Abdulai
2014 Available at SSRN 2502141, 2014 Social Sciences 5
Conceptualizing and Measuring State Effectiveness as Impartiality: Conceptualizing and Measuring State Effectiveness as Impartiality
D Appiah, AG Abdulai
2023 Public Organization Review 23 (4), 1417-1436, 2023 Social Sciences 4
The politics of public financial management in Ghana: what can a political settlements approach offer?
AG Abdulai, D Appiah
2023 Journal of African Political Economy and Development 8 (1), 1-14, 2023 Social Sciences 4
The politics of informal settlements in African cities: Comparative insights from Accra, Freetown, Harare and Kampala
S Hickey, P Adzande, AG Abdulai, B Bukenya, J Hitchen, P Kasaija, ...
2026 Cities 171, 106782, 2026 Social Sciences 3
Collective action and revenue generation: focus on selected metropolitan and municipal assemblies in Ghana
PY Mahama, AG Abdulai, K Asamoah
2023 SN Social Sciences 3 (8), 117, 2023 Social Sciences 3
Corruption and international aid
A Salifu, AG Abdulai
2023 Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance …, 2023 Social Sciences 3
Political settlement dynamics and the emergence and decline of bureaucratic pockets of effectiveness in Ghana
AG Abdulai
2023 Pockets of Effectiveness and the Politics of state-building and Development …, 2023 Social Sciences 3
Understanding the discourse of the “Community” in community development in Ghana’s mining industry: Understanding the discourse of the “Community” in community development in …
CR Nunyonameh, AG Abdulai
2023 Mineral Economics 36 (1), 45-58, 2023 Social Sciences 3
How to make ‘Cash plus’ work
K Roelen, S Devereux, AG Abdulai, B Martorano, T Palermo, LP Ragno
2017 < bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization: The …, 2017 Social Sciences 3
Local politics and the revenue collection effort in a developing country context: experiences from Ghana
PY Mahama, AG Abdulai, K Asamoah
2024 SN Social Sciences 4 (3), 72, 2024 Social Sciences 2
Overcoming the constraints of competitive clientelism? Explaining the success of Ghana's poorest region in reducing maternal mortality
AG Abdulai
2024 The International Journal of Health Planning and Management 39 (2), 363-379, 2024 Health Sciences 2
20 The Political Economy of the Oil and Gas Sector in Emerging and Developing Countries
SA Asongu, GE Arhin, AG Abdulai, JN Bawole
2023 The Economics of the Oil and Gas Industry: Emerging Markets and Developing …, 2023 Social Sciences 2
Factors Influencing Uptake of Hiv Testing and Counselling Among the Youth in Kintampo South District
M Kabiri
2016 Health Sciences 2
The political economy of'linked'progressive taxation in Africa and Latin America
P Mosley, AG Abdulai
2016 WIDER Working Paper, 2016 Social Sciences 2
Introduction to Research Handbook on Democracy and Development: an overview of the debates
AG Abdulai, G Crawford
2021 Research Handbook on Democracy and Development, 1, 2021 Social Sciences 1
Social Protection in Ghana
AG Abdulai
2021 CDD-Ghana, 2021 Social Sciences 1
'Liberal Democracy Promotion and Civil Society Strengthening in Ghana'
AG Abdulai, G Crawford, C Hobson, M Kurki
2011 The Conceptual Politics of Democracy Promotion, 2011 Social Sciences 1
Corrigendum to “The politics of informal settlements in African Cities: Comparative insights from Accra, Freetown, Harare and Kampala”,[Cities, 171 (2026) 106782]
S Hickey, P Adzande, AG Abdulai, B Bukenya, J Hitchen, P Kasaija, ...
2026 Cities 175, 107119, 2026 Social Sciences 0
The politics of informal settlements in African Cities: Comparative insights from Accra, Freetown, Harare and Kampala (vol 171, 106782, 2026)
S Hickey, P Adzande, AG Abdulai, B Bukenya, J Hitchen, P Kasaija, ...
2026 CITIES 175, 2026 Social Sciences 0
The political economy of energy transitions in Ghana: From oil boom to nuclear ambitions?
AG Abdulai, RH Pedersen
2025 DIIS Working Paper, 2025 Social Sciences 0
Working Paper 22 Accra: City report-Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai October 2024
AG Abdulai
2024 < bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization: African …, 2024 Social Sciences 0
Fiscal Stress and Municipal Responses in a Developing Country Context: Ghana's Example
P Mahama, AG Abdulai
2023 Available at SSRN 4526776, 2023 Social Sciences 0