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Isaac Osei-Akoto

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

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

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteINST. OF STAT. SOC.& ECON. RES
DepartmentINSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH SECRETARIAT
Development Economics
Publications

125

Citations

5,294

H-index

25

i10-index

48

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
42.4
Most cited paper
1,775
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 10:30
Publications

125 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Agricultural decisions after relaxing credit and risk constraints
D Karlan, R Osei, I Osei-Akoto, C Udry
2014 The Quarterly Journal of Economics 129 (2), 597-652, 2014 Agriculture 1,775
The effect of Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme on health care utilisation
NJ Blanchet, G Fink, I Osei-Akoto
2012 Ghana medical journal 46 (2), 76, 2012 Health Sciences 560
Willingness to pay for health insurance in a developing economy. A pilot study of the informal sector of Ghana using contingent valuation
WK Asenso-Okyere, I Osei-Akoto, A Anum, EN Appiah
1997 Health policy 42 (3), 223-237, 1997 Health Sciences 312
Cost recovery in Ghana: are there any changes in health care seeking behaviour?
WK Asenso-Okyere, A Anum, I Osei-Akoto, A Adukonu
1998 Health policy and planning 13 (2), 181-188, 1998 Health Sciences 309
Livelihood empowerment against poverty program impact evaluation
S Handa, M Park, RO Darko, I Osei-Akoto, B Davis, S Daidone
2013 Chapel Hill: Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, 2013 Social Sciences 246
Agricultural decisions after relaxing credit and risk constraints
D Karlan, RD Osei, I Osei-Akoto, C Udry
2012 National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012 Agriculture 180
Poor mental health in Ghana: who is at risk?
H Sipsma, A Ofori-Atta, M Canavan, I Osei-Akoto, C Udry, EH Bradley
2013 BMC public health 13 (1), 288, 2013 Health Sciences 143
Food for thought? Experimental evidence on the learning impacts of a large-scale school feeding program
E Aurino, A Gelli, C Adamba, I Osei-Akoto, H Alderman
2023 Journal of Human Resources 58 (1), 74-111, 2023 Social Sciences 140
A school meals program implemented at scale in Ghana increases height-for-age during midchildhood in girls and in children from poor households: a cluster randomized trial
A Gelli, E Aurino, G Folson, D Arhinful, C Adamba, I Osei-Akoto, E Masset, ...
2019 The Journal of nutrition 149 (8), 1434-1442, 2019 Social Sciences 135
Ghana’s National Health insurance scheme and maternal and child health: a mixed methods study
K Singh, I Osei-Akoto, F Otchere, S Sodzi-Tettey, C Barrington, C Huang, ...
2015 BMC health services research 15 (1), 108, 2015 Health Sciences 126
Factors influencing householders' access to improved water in low-income urban areas of Accra, Ghana
AM Mahama, KA Anaman, I Osei-Akoto
2014 Journal of water and health 12 (2), 318-331, 2014 Social Sciences 125
Psychological distress in Ghana: associations with employment and lost productivity
ME Canavan, HL Sipsma, A Adhvaryu, A Ofori-Atta, H Jack, C Udry, ...
2013 International Journal of Mental Health Systems 7 (1), 9, 2013 Social Sciences 89
Parental involvement and academic performance in Ghana
G Chowa, D Ansong, I Osei-Akoto
2013 Social Sciences 88
Tertiary education and industrial development in Ghana
S Bawakyillenuo, IO Akoto, C Ahiadeke, EBD Aryeetey, EK Agbe
2013 Policy Brief 33012, 1-13, 2013 Social Sciences 80
Off-farm work, cooking energy choice and time poverty in Ghana: an empirical analysis
E Martey, PM Etwire, F Adusah-Poku, I Akoto
2022 Energy Policy 163, 112853, 2022 Agriculture 71
The effects of land title registration on tenure security, investment and the allocation of productive resources
A Agyei-Holmes, N Buehren, M Goldstein, RD Osei, I Osei-Akoto, C Udry
2020 Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper, 2020 Social Sciences 57
Information delivery channels and agricultural technology uptake: experimental evidence from Ghana
FM Dzanku, RD Osei, PK Nkegbe, I Osei-Akoto
2022 European Review of Agricultural Economics 49 (1), 82-120, 2022 Agriculture 56
The behaviour towards malaria care—a multinomial logit approach
WK Asenso-Okyere, JA Dzator, I Osel-akoto
1996 Social Indicators Research 39 (2), 167-186, 1996 Health Sciences 47
Demand for voluntary health insurance by the poor in developing countries: Evidence from rural Ghana
I Osei-Akoto
2003 CEA 37th Annual Meetings, Ottawa: Carleton…, 2003 Health Sciences 46
Financial knowledge and attitudes of youth in Ghana
GAN Chowa, MR Despard, I Osei-Akoto
2012 Social Sciences 45
The behaviour of health workers in an era of cost sharing: Ghana's drug cash and carry system
WK Asenso‐Okyere, I Osei‐Akoto, A Anum, A Adukonu
1999 Tropical Medicine & International Health 4 (8), 586-593, 1999 Health Sciences 42
The impact of mobile phone voice message reminders on agricultural outcomes in Mali
FM Dzanku, R Osei, I Osei‐Akoto
2021 Agricultural Economics 52 (5), 789-806, 2021 Agriculture 41
Heterogeneous impacts of an unconditional cashtransfer programme on schooling: Evidence from the Ghana LEAP Programme
R De Groot, S Handa, M Park, RO Darko, I Osei-Akoto, G Bhalla, ...
2015 United Nations, 2015 Social Sciences 39
Effects of youth savings accounts on school attendance and academic performance: evidence from a youth savings experiment
D Ansong, G Chowa, R Masa, M Despard, M Sherraden, S Wu, ...
2019 Journal of Family and Economic Issues 40 (2), 269-281, 2019 Social Sciences 31
The effect of health shocks on agricultural productivity: evidence from Ghana.
I Osei-Akoto, C Adamba, RD Osei
2013 Agriculture 26