Isaac Bonuedi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Research Fellow, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2022per ORCID

Publishing since 2013, latest 2025

Isaac Bonuedi is a Development Economist and Research Fellow at the Institute for Rural Development and Innovation Studies (IRDIS) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi-Ghana. He was a Junior Researcher at the Center for Development Research (ZEF) and holds Dr. agr. from the University of Bonn, Germany. Isaac conducts research in Development Economics, International Economics, and Applied Agricultural Economics. From ORCID

Economics and Econometrics
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
General Health Professions
Accounting
Clinical Psychology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

In their own words

Development Economics
Agricultural Economics
International Economics

Publications: 232013–2025
Citations: 579to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 11
Field-weighted impact: 11.711.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 75%9 of 12 scored papers
Open access: 75%9 of the 12 whose access is recorded

6 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 799 citations, h-index 12 and i10-index 14 (731 citations and h-index 12 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Research Fellow, Institute for Rural Development and Innovation Studies (IRDISKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2022
Project Research Assistant, Department of EconomicsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2015–2016
Assistant Lecturer, Department of EconomicsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2015–2016
Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant, Department of EconomicsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2012–2013

Publications

23 in all

Re-examining the links between women's work and household power dynamics: Insights from rural and urban Ghana
2025Human GeographyJournalSenior author4 citations10.1177/19427786251333094
Financial development as a catalyst for tax revenue generation in Ghana: exploring the channels
2025Scientific AfricanJournal

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Economics and Econometrics730%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance313%
General Health Professions313%
Accounting29%
Clinical Psychology29%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences29%
Nutrition and Dietetics29%
Safety Research29%
Development14%
Gender Studies14%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth4
Agricultural Innovations and Practices2
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth2
Health and Conflict Studies2
Migration, Health and Trauma2
Monetary Policy and Economic Impact2
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare2
Agricultural risk and resilience1
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development1
Corporate Taxation and Avoidance1
Economic Growth and Development1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

33% of their 12 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2222222Home

Most frequent partner countries

Netherlands2
Hong Kong SAR2
Germany2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Mines and TechnologyGH4 papers
Care and Public Health Research InstituteNL2 papers
City University of Hong KongHK2 papers
Maastricht UniversityNL2 papers
University of BonnDE2 papers
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM2 papers
Maastricht University Medical CentreNL1 paper

Where they publish

African Development Review2
Food Security2
Journal of economic and administrative sciences.2
Scientific African2
African Journal of Economic Review1
Center for Development Research (ZEF)1
Cogent Economics & Finance

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger4
5Gender equality2
17Partnerships for the goals2
8Decent work and economic growth1

Most cited

The Effects of Trade and Trade Facilitation on Economic Growth in Africa
African Development Review
2017115 citationsWorld top 10%
Agricultural seasonality, market access, and food security in Sierra Leone
Food Security
2022114 citations
Trade facilitation and social welfare in Africa☆
Journal of African Trade17
201867 citations

Teaching & Research Assistant, Department of EconomicsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Education

Dr. Agr. (Development and Agricultural Economics), Center for Development Research (ZEF)University of Bonn2016–2021
MSc. EconomicsUniversity of Southern Denmark2013–2015
MPhil. EconomicsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2011–2013
BA. EconomicsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2006–2010

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Impact of tax reforms on revenue mobilisation in developing economies: Empirical evidence from Ghana

2025Journal of Economic and Administrative SciencesJournalSenior author43 citations

The impact of armed conflicts on the nutritional status of children: Evidence from Northern Nigeria

2023The International Journal of Health Planning and ManagementJournalOpen access8 citations10.1002/hpm.3742

Impact of tax reforms on revenue mobilisation in developing economies: empirical evidence from Ghana

2022Journal of economic and administrative sciences.JournalSenior author20 citations10.1108/jeas-01-2022-0011

Enabling trade across borders and food security in Africa

2020Food SecurityJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding55 citations10.1007/s12571-020-01095-y

Making cash crop value chains nutrition-sensitive: Evidence from a quasi-experiment in rural Sierra Leone

2020ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development PolicyJournalFirst author5 citations

Making cash crop value chains nutrition-sensitive

2020Center for Development Research (ZEF)ReportFirst author0 citations

Trade facilitation and social welfare in Africa☆

2018Journal of African TradeJournalOpen access67 citations10.1016/j.joat.2018.08.001

The Effects of Trade and Trade Facilitation on Economic Growth in Africa

2017African Development ReviewJournalSenior authorCorresponding115 citations10.1111/1467-8268.12261

Determinants of Ghana's Bilateral Trade: A Gravity Model Approach

2013COLLEGE OF ART AND SOCIAL SCIENCES FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS DETERMINANTS OF GHANA’S BILATERAL TRADE FLOWS: A GRAVITY MODEL APPROACH A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE ANDThesisFirst author0 citations

COLLEGE OF ART AND SOCIAL SCIENCES FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS DETERMINANTS OF GHANA’S BILATERAL TRADE FLOWS: A GRAVITY MODEL APPROACH A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND1

How it can be read

75% free to read, of the 12 recorded

Diamond 1 · 4%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 22%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 13%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 3 · 13%Behind a paywall
Unknown 11 · 48%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

6 of 23 papers name a funder

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation2
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit1
Deutsche Kniegesellschaft1
FP7 International Cooperation1
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn1
Universidad de Alicante1
Volkswagen Foundation1

World top 10%Open access · Diamond

Enabling trade across borders and food security in Africa

Food Security2

202055 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid