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Rosina Foli

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Department of Political Science, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
Public PolicyDevelopmentTransnationalismGovernancePoverty
Publications

46

Citations

474

H-index

9

i10-index

9

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
10.3
Most cited paper
95
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 10:58
Publications

46 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Instrument constituencies and transnational policy diffusion: The case of conditional cash transfers
D Béland, R Foli, M Howlett, M Ramesh, JJ Woo
2018 Review of International Political Economy 25 (4), 463-482, 2018 Social Sciences 95
How instrument constituencies shape policy transfer: A case study from Ghana
R Foli, D Béland, TB Fenwick
2018 Policy and Society 37 (1), 108-124, 2018 Social Sciences 84
Transnational actors and policymaking in Ghana: The case of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty
R Foli
2016 Global Social Policy 16 (3), 268-286, 2016 Social Sciences 68
“Provide our basic needs or we go out”: the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, inequality, and social policy in Ghana
RK Foli, FLK Ohemeng
2022 Policy and Society 41 (2), 217-230, 2022 Social Sciences 47
International organizations and ideas about poverty in Sub‐Saharan Africa
R Foli, D Béland
2014 Poverty & Public Policy 6 (1), 3-23, 2014 Social Sciences 46
Social policy as nation-building: identity formation, policy feedback, and social citizenship in Ghana
D Béland, R Foli, M Kpessa-Whyte
2018 Canadian Journal of African Studies/Revue canadienne des études africaines …, 2018 Social Sciences 27
Politics, governance, and development in Ghana
N Chazan, KA Ninsin, E Siaw, AKD Frempong, JA Ayelazuno, ...
2019 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2019 Social Sciences 13
The “illusion” of administrative sovereignty in developing countries: A historical institutionalism perspective on administrative sovereignty in Ghana
FLK Ohemeng, RK Foli
2022 Administrative Theory & Praxis 44 (4), 298-320, 2022 Humanities 12
Collaborative governance in social protection programs in developing countries: evidence from Ghana
RK Foli, FLK Ohemeng, M Kpessa-Whyte
2026 Policy and Society 45 (3), 328-342, 2026 Social Sciences 11
The Making of Anti-Poverty Policies in Ghana
RK Foli
2024 Springer International Publishing AG, 2024 Social Sciences 9
The role and impact of international bureaucrats in policymaking in Africa
R Foli, FLK Ohemeng
2021 Manara-Qatar Research Repository, 2021 Social Sciences 9
Conclusion: The Future of Social Policy Reform in Africa
P Haang’andu, RK Foli, D Béland
2025 The State and the Imperative for Social Policy Reform in Africa, 261, 2025 Social Sciences 7
Towards a paradigm shift in social protection in developing countries? Analysing the emergence of the Ghana national unemployment insurance scheme from a multiple streams …
FLK Ohemeng, R Foli
2023 Urban Governance 3 (3), 219-227, 2023 Social Sciences 7
Scales of ideational policy influence: A multi-level, actor-centric, and institutionalist perspective on the role of ideas in African social policy
D Béland, R Foli, P Haang’andu
2023 Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy 39 (3), 264-277, 2023 Social Sciences 5
Transnational actors and anti-poverty policymaking in Ghana: An ideational perspective
R Foli
2016 University of Saskatchewan, 2016 Social Sciences 5
The role of transnational actors in African social policy
RK Foli, D Béland
2025 The State and the Imperative for Social Policy Reform in Africa, 147-163, 2025 Social Sciences 4
Transnational Actors and Policymaking in Ghana
R Foli
2019 Ayee, Joseph RA (Hg.): Politics, Governance and Development in Ghana, London …, 2019 Social Sciences 4
Neoliberal Hegemony and the Narrowing Discursive Space for Social Policymaking in Africa
RK Foli, KT Asante
2025 African and Asian Studies 24 (1-2), 148-167, 2025 Social Sciences 3
Consider the Base for Representation at the Top: Political Parties and Women's Parliamentary Representation in Ghana's Fourth Republic
MA Addae, R Foli
2024 Africa Today 70 (3), 25-49, 2024 Social Sciences 3
Crisis Management, Transnational Administration, and Administrative Sovereignty in Developing Countries
FLK Ohemeng, RK Foli
2025 The Routledge Handbook on Crisis, Polycrisis, and Public Administration, 2025 Social Sciences 2
Interest groups and the passage of the domestic violence act in Ghana: insights from the advocacy coalition framework
JJ Zaato, R Foli
2024 Political Institutions, Party Politics and Communication in Ghana: Three …, 2024 Social Sciences 2
Ghana’s Decision to LEAP Out of Poverty: Interrogating the Transnational Involvement
RK Foli
2023 The Making of Anti-Poverty Policies in Ghana: Transnational Actors …, 2023 Social Sciences 2
Transnational Actors and Policymaking: The Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS)
RK Foli
2023 The Making of Anti-Poverty Policies in Ghana: Transnational Actors …, 2023 Social Sciences 2
Trajectories and Contrasts of Policymaking Under Jerry John Rawlings
R Foli
2022 Jerry John Rawlings: Leadership and Legacy: A Pan-African Perspective, 137-150, 2022 Social Sciences 2
Understanding global social policy
R Foli
2016 Journal of Social Policy 45 (4), 765, 2016 Social Sciences 2