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Abena Oduro

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

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

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
gender and assetsemployment securityregional integrationpoverty and inequality
Publications

174

Citations

5,130

H-index

32

i10-index

61

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
29.5
Most cited paper
554
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 09:46
Publications

174 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Building a more equal Ghana: A 5-point action plan to close the gap between the rich and the rest
A Oduro, A Arhin, G Domfe, S Alidu, F Agyeman, D Edem Asimadu, ...
2018 Oxfam, 2018 Social Sciences 15
Ghana’s participation in global value chains: The employment effects
A Gyeke-Dako, AD Oduro, FE Turkson, PT Baffour, EN Abbey
2017 Zurich: Swiss National Science Foundation, 2017 Social Sciences 15
Exploring firm performance and growth among own-account and micro enterprises in Ghana
NS Owoo, AD Oduro, C Ackah
2019 International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 38 (3), 294-311, 2019 Social Sciences 14
The employment generating effects of exporting: Firm level evidence of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Ghana
EN Abbey, A Gyeke-Dako, AD Oduro, FE Turkson, PT Baffour
2017 Revista Swiss Programme For Research On Global for Development. Recuperado el 11, 2017 Social Sciences 14
Exporting and Efficiency in African Manufacturing
A Bigsten, P Collier, S Dercon, M Fafchamps, B Gauthier, JW Gunning, ...
2001 Policies to Promote Competitiveness in Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa …, 2001 Social Sciences 14
Intrahousehold allocation of household production: A comparative analysis for Sub-Saharan African countries
F Rios‐Avila, A Oduro, L Nassif Pires
2021 Levy Economics Institute, Working Papers Series, 2021 Social Sciences 12
Women's earnings and domestic work among couples in Ghana
NS Owoo, MP Lambon-Quayefio, SE Gyan, AD Oduro
2022 African Review of Economics and Finance 14 (1), 26-55, 2022 Social Sciences 11
Ownership of the place of residence in Ghana: A gender analysis
AD Oduro
2015 Journal of African Development 17 (1), 17-44, 2015 Social Sciences 11
Inequality Diagnostics for Ghana: An African Centre for Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR) Report
R Atta-Ankomah, RD Osei, I Osei-Akoto, FA Asante, AD Oduro, N Owoo, ...
2020 Accra: ACEIR-Ghana Node, 2020 Social Sciences 10
The effect of technological innovation on the quantity and quality of employment in Ghana
A Gyeke-Dako, AD Oduro, FE Turkson, P Twumasi Baffour, E Abbey
2016 Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development, R4D Working …, 2016 Social Sciences 10
A note on public expenditure and poverty reduction in Ghana
AD Oduro
2001 Center for Policy Analysis, Accra, 2001 Social Sciences 10
5. Ownership Rights and Investment in Agricultural Land in Ghana: A Gender Analysis
ER Aikins, AD Oduro, DK Twerefou
2021 West African Journal of Applied Ecology 29 (1), 49-61, 2021 Social Sciences 9
Closing the gender gaps in Ghana
AD Oduro, CG Ackah
2017 The Economy of Ghana Sixty Years after Independence, 317-332, 2017 Social Sciences 9
Cross-border provision and the future of Higher Education in Africa–A Case Study of Ghana
AD Oduro, B Senadza
2005 th General Conference of the Association of African Universities (AAU) held …, 2005 Social Sciences 9
Poverty dynamics
AD Oduro
2002 Advanced Poverty Training Programme organized by SISERA and the WBI, 2002 Social Sciences 9
Scope and effects of reducing time deficits via intrahousehold redistribution of household production: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
A Zacharias, T Masterson, F Rios-Avila, AD Oduro
2021 Final Report. The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, 2021 Social Sciences 8
Shocks, assets and social protection: a gendered analysis of Ecuador, Ghana and Karnataka, India
UN WOMEN
2015 Social Sciences 8
An investigation into the gender dimensions of taxation in Ghana
E Aryeetey, I Osei-Akoto, AD Oduro, RD Osei
2010 Taxation and gender equity: A comparative analysis of direct and indirect …, 2010 Social Sciences 8
Asset accumulation by women in Ghana. Understanding the process
AD Oduro, W Baah-Boateng, L Boakye-Yiadom
2010 The Gender Asset Gap Project, Working Paper 4, 2010 Social Sciences 8
Assets, wealth, and property rights in the global south
CD Deere, AD Oduro
2021 The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Economics, 312-320, 2021 Social Sciences 7
Changing perspectives on the social sciences in Ghana
S Agyei-Mensah, JA Ayee, AD Oduro
2014 Springer Netherlands, 2014 Social Sciences 7
Reducing the extent and depth of poverty in Ghana
AD Oduro
2001 Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research, University of Ghana, 2001 Social Sciences 7
Rates of Return on Human and Non-Human Capital in Africa's Manufacturing Sector.
A Bigsten, P Collier, S Dercon, M Fafchamps, B Gauthier, J Gunning, ...
1998 CSAE (University of Oxford), 1998 Social Sciences 7
Who borrows? An analysis of gender, debt and assets in Ecuador, Ghana and Karnataka, India
C Grown, CD Deere, Z Catanzarite, AD Oduro, JY Suchitra, ...
2015 United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN …, 2015 Social Sciences 6
Understanding the relationship between consumption inequality, inequality of opportunity and education outcomes in Ghana
MP Lambon-Quayefio, RD Osei, AD Oduro, IO Akoto
2020 Agence française de développement Working Paper, 2020 Social Sciences 5