| Governing extractive industries: Politics, histories, ideas A Bebbington, AG Abdulai, D Humphreys Bebbington, M Hinfelaar, ... Oxford University Press, 2018 | 290 | 2018 |
| The politics of development under competitive clientelism: Insights from Ghana's education sector AG Abdulai, S Hickey African Affairs 115 (458), 44-72, 2016 | 165 | 2016 |
| Consolidating democracy in Ghana: progress and prospects? AG Abdulai, G Crawford Democratization 17 (1), 26-67, 2010 | 134 | 2010 |
| Political will in combating corruption in developing and transition economies: A comparative study of Singapore, Hong Kong and Ghana AG Abdulai Journal of Financial Crime 16 (4), 387-417, 2009 | 131 | 2009 |
| How to make ‘cash plus’ work: Linking cash transfers to services and sectors K Roelen, S Devereux, AG Abdulai, B Martorano, T Palermo, LP Ragno United Nations, 2017 | 114 | 2017 |
| The politics of regional inequality in Ghana: state Elites, Donors and PRSP s AG Abdulai, D Hulme Development Policy Review 33 (5), 529-553, 2015 | 94 | 2015 |
| Party politics and the political economy of Ghana’s oil G Mohan, KP Asante, AG Abdulai New political economy 23 (3), 274-289, 2018 | 73 | 2018 |
| The politics of governing oil effectively: A comparative study of two new oil-rich states in Africa S Hickey, AG Abdulai, A Izama, G Mohan Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) Working Paper series, 2015 | 56 | 2015 |
| Linking social rights to active citizenship for the most vulnerable: The role of rights and accountability in the ‘making’and ‘shaping’of social protection R Sabates-Wheeler, N Wilmink, AG Abdulai, R De Groot, T Spadafora The European Journal of Development Research 32 (1), 129-151, 2020 | 50 | 2020 |
| Competitive clientelism and the political economy of mining in Ghana AG Abdulai ESID Working Paper, 2017 | 50 | 2017 |
| Political context study–Ghana AG Abdulai Leeds and Accra: Human Rights, Power and Civic Action Research Project 12 (1 …, 2009 | 43 | 2009 |
| The political economy of regional inequality in Ghana: Do political settlements matter? AG Abdulai The European Journal of Development Research 29, 213-229, 2017 | 37 | 2017 |
| Competitive clientelism and the politics of core public sector reform in Ghana D Appiah, AG Abdulai ESID Working Paper, 2017 | 35 | 2017 |
| Rethinking persistent poverty in Northern Ghana: The primacy of policy and politics over geography AG Abdulai, JN Bawole, E Kojo Sakyi Politics & Policy 46 (2), 233-262, 2018 | 33 | 2018 |
| The galamsey menace in Ghana: A political problem requiring political solutions AG Abdulai Policy Brief 5, 2017 | 33 | 2017 |
| Competitive clientelism, donors and the politics of social protection uptake in Ghana AG Abdulai Critical Social Policy 41 (2), 270-293, 2021 | 27 | 2021 |
| Rethinking spatial inequality in development: The primacy of power relations AG Abdulai Journal of International Development 29 (3), 386-403, 2017 | 27 | 2017 |
| The World Bank and Ghana's Poverty Reduction Strategies: Strengthening the State or Consolidating Neoliberalism? G Crawford, AG Abdulai Labour, Capital and Society/Travail, capital et société, 82-115, 2009 | 27 | 2009 |
| The influence of policy and legal frameworks on the development of national social protection systems M Kaltenborn, AG Abdulai, K Roelen, S Hague Institute of Development Studies and Centre for Social Protection, Brighton, 2017 | 26 | 2017 |
| State elites and the politics of regional inequality in Ghana AG Abdulai PQDT-UK & Ireland, 2013 | 25 | 2013 |
