Ernest Ernest Aryeetey

Publishing since 1886, latest 2025

Economics and Econometrics
Finance
Soil Science
Urban Studies
Accounting
Education

In their own words

Development Economics

Publications: 2051886–2025
Citations: 6,132to those papers
h-index: 44i10-index 99
Field-weighted impact: 2.281.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 40%6 of 15 scored papers
Open access: 20%3 of the 15 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 7,721 citations, h-index 50 and i10-index 117 (1,639 citations and h-index 22 since 2021), as of October 12, 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

Publications

205 in all

Trade, trade policy and total factor productivity: the case of Ghanaian manufacturing firms
2012Globalization, Trade and Poverty in GhanaJournal10 citations
The transmission of world commodity prices to domestic markets: Household welfare effects in ghana
2012Globalization, Trade and Poverty in GhanaJournal5 citations
Globalization, trade and poverty in Ghana

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Economics and Econometrics105%
Finance42%
Soil Science31%
Urban Studies31%
Accounting21%
Education21%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance21%
Business and International Management10%
Development10%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences10%

Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Microfinance and Financial Inclusion6
Banking stability, regulation, efficiency4
Firm Innovation and Growth2
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth2
Islamic Finance and Banking Studies2
Land Rights and Reforms2
Urban and Rural Development Challenges2
Agricultural risk and resilience1
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development1
Community and Sustainable Development1
Community Health and Development1
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

40% of their 15 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written4444555Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States5
United Kingdom4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

SOAS University of LondonGB2 papers
Brookings InstitutionUS2 papers
World BankUS2 papers
University of OxfordGB1 paper
Yale UniversityUS1 paper
University of Maryland, College ParkUS1 paper
University of LondonGB1 paper
University of NottinghamGB1 paper
Chapman UniversityUS1 paper

Where they publish

Afrique contemporaine12
Institute of Statistical10
< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization …6
Globalization, Trade and Poverty in Ghana6
< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization: United …5
Journal of African Economies

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty2
8Decent work and economic growth2
10Reduced inequalities1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Supply and demand for finance of small enterprises in Ghana
World Bank Publications
1994522 citations
Economic Reforms in Ghana: The Miracle and the Mirage
James Currey
2000325 citations
The characteristics of informal financial markets in Africa
African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya
1995262 citations

2012IDRCReportSenior author52 citations

Getting to Zero: finishing the job the MDGs started

2012Global Agenda Council, World Economic Forum, AprilJournalFirst author23 citations

Industrialisation for Structural Transformation in Africa: Appropriate Roles for the State

2011Journal of African EconomiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding53 citations10.1093/jae/ejr043

Foresight Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for the Continent in 2011

2011< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization …ReportFirst author0 citations

Africa’s new oil economies: managing expectations

2011FORESIGHT AFRICAJournalFirst author8 citations

The economics of Africa

2011Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and ManagementReportFirst author40 citations

Conclusions: what direction for the future of African agriculture?

2011African smallholders. Food crops, markets and policyBook chapterFirst author5 citations10.1079/9781845937164.0354

Creating Property Rights: Land Banks in Ghana

2010American Economic ReviewJournalFirst author47 citations10.1257/aer.100.2.130

State-business relations and economic performance in Ghana

2010Institutions for Propoor Growth (IPPG) Discussion Paper SeriesJournal43 citations

How Military Power Is Transferred in Africa

2010Afrique contemporaineJournal0 citations

Borders and Independence in Sub-Saharan Africa

2010Afrique contemporaineJournal0 citations

An investigation into the gender dimensions of taxation in Ghana

2010Taxation and gender equityBook chapterFirst author8 citations10.4324/9780203852958-14

African land grabbing: whose interests are served

2010The Brookings InstitutionJournalFirst author23 citations

Impact of China-Africa investment relations: an in-depth analysis of the case of Ghana

2010< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization: African …ReportSenior author10 citations

Ghana’s post-independence economic growth 1960–2000

2010The Economy of Ghana: Analytical Perspectives on StabilityReportSenior author91 citations

Towards Efficient and Equitable Land Tenure Reforms in Ghana

2010American Economic ReviewJournalFirst author1 citation

The global financial crisis and domestic resource mobilization in Africa

2010Mitigating the Impacts of the Financial and Economic Crisis in AfricaJournalFirst author45 citations

Commentaire sur l'article de Michael Carter

2009Afrique contemporaineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.3917/afco.229.0175

Findings of the nobel laureate economist expert panel

2009RethinkHIV: Smarter Ways to Invest in Ending HIV in Sub-Saharan AfricaJournalFirst author0 citations

Explaining four decades of growth in sub-Saharan Africa

2009Diversity in Economic GrowthBook chapterSenior author2 citations

Impact and Transmission Channels of the Global Financial Crisis on African Economies

2009< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization: African …ReportFirst author0 citations

An analysis of poverty and regional inequalities in Ghana

2009Global Development Network (GDN) Working Paper SeriesJournalFirst author87 citations

Ghana and the Global Financial Crisis: An Analysis of Impacts and Policy Responses

2009< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization …Report0 citations

Global financial crisis discussion series

2009PaperReport15 citations

The global credit crunch—implications for Ghana

2009Voices from the South, the Impact of the Financial Crisis on Developing Countries. Report compiled and analysed by the Globalisation Team at the Institute of Development StudiesJournalFirst author2 citations

Institutional analysis of financial market fragmentation in sub-Saharan Africa: a risk-cost configuration approach

2008Domestic Resource Mobilization and Financial DevelopmentBook chapterSenior author63 citations10.1057/9780230594012_6

China-Africa Relations

2008History, Culture, PoliticsJournal4 citations

China-Africa relations: A case study of Ghana

2008AERC Scoping Studies on China-Africa Economic RelationsReportSenior author71 citations

Testing global interdependence: issues on trade, aid, migration and development

2007Edward Elgar PublishingReportSenior author11 citations

Preface: Social Science Tests of the'Butterfly Effect'

2007Testing Global InterdependenceBook chapterFirst author1 citation

Growth, investment and employment in Ghana

2007International Labour OrganizationReportFirst author82 citations

An Evaluation of Ghana’s Trade and Investment Policy Reforms: Towards Further Commitments to Reforms

2007African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)ReportFirst author0 citations

Legal and institutional issues in land policy reform in Ghana

2007Institute of StatisticalReportFirst author14 citations

Growth with poverty reduction, but increased spatial inequality: Ghana over the 1990s

2007Determinants of Pro Poor Growth: Analytical Issues and Findings from Country CasesBook chapter24 citations

Ghana: the challenge of translating sustained growth into poverty reduction

2007Delivering on the promise of pro-poor growth: Insights and Lessons from country experiencesJournalFirst author65 citations

Financial Market Fragmentation in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Institutional and Risk-Cost Analysis

2006< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization: United …ReportSenior author0 citations

National Functional Literacy Programme in Ghana: Addressing Regional Inequalities

2006< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization …ReportFirst author0 citations

Securing Pro-Poor Growth

2006Poverty, Growth, and Institutions: Seminar papersJournalFirst author0 citations

11. The changing regulatory environment and its implications for the performance of small-and medium

2006Regulating Development: Evidence from Africa and Latin AmericaJournalFirst author0 citations

National Functional Literacy Programme: Ghana

2006Policy BriefJournalFirst author8 citations

African Development Review4

Economic Reforms in Ghana: The Miracle and the Mirage4

How it can be read

20% free to read, of the 15 recorded

Diamond 1 · 0%Free to read and to publish
Bronze 1 · 0%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 0%A copy in a repository
Closed 12 · 6%Behind a paywall
Unknown 190 · 93%Not recorded by the source