Nana Akua Anyidoho

University of Ghana, since 2005per ORCID

Publishing since 2010, latest 2024

I am a scholar of social policy and social development with over 20 years’ experience in research, teaching, community development and policy engagement. I have a BA in Psychology from the University of Ghana and a PhD in Human Development and Social Policy from Northwestern University. My research interest is in how young people and women, as marginalized social groups, attempt to construct better lives for themselves against the backdrop of generally unfavourable policy… More on ORCID

Sociology and Political Science
Economics and Econometrics
Gender Studies
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Business and International Management
Nutrition and Dietetics

Publications: 292010–2024
Citations: 698to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 17
Field-weighted impact: 4.321.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 52%15 of 29 scored papers
Open access: 52%15 papers free to read

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

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

University of Ghanasince 2005

Education

Northwestern University1999–2005
University of Ghana1993–1997

Publications

29 in all

From Makola to Insta
2024Ghana StudiesJournalFirst author1 citation10.3368/gs.26.1.60
The taxed informal economy: Fiscal burdens and inequality in Accra
2024World DevelopmentJournalFirst author13 citations10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106879

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science1034%
Economics and Econometrics931%
Gender Studies621%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences517%
Business and International Management414%
Nutrition and Dietetics310%
Accounting27%
General Health Professions27%
Management of Technology and Innovation27%
Management Science and Operations Research27%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Gender Politics and Representation6
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion6
Agricultural Innovations and Practices5
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development4
Taxation and Compliance Studies4
Child Nutrition and Water Access3
Gender Diversity and Inequality3
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues2
Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences2
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations2
Gender Roles and Identity Studies2
Human Rights and Development2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

62% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom11
United States6
Canada3
Ethiopia2
Philippines2
South Africa2
Netherlands1
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Institute of Development StudiesGB6 papers
University of SussexGB4 papers
University of CambridgeGB2 papers
University of LeedsGB2 papers
University of TorontoCA2 papers
World BankUS2 papers
Rhodes UniversityZA2 papers
Iowa State UniversityUS1 paper
McGill UniversityCA1 paper
Natural Resources InstituteGB1 paper

Where they publish

European Journal of Development Research3
Ghana Studies3
IDS Bulletin3
Development Policy Review2
Africa Development1
African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

8Decent work and economic growth7
5Gender equality6
2Zero hunger4
1No poverty3
10Reduced inequalities1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Introduction: The Young People and Agriculture ‘Problem’ in Africa
IDS Bulletin2
2012118 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Young people’s perspectives on farming in Ghana: a Q study
Food Security8
201786 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Mobile money taxation and informal workers: Evidence from Ghana's E‐levy

2023Development Policy ReviewJournalFirst author25 citations10.1111/dpr.12704

A Typology of Young Cocoa Farmers: Attitudes, Motivations and Aspirations

2022European Journal of Development ResearchJournalOpen accessCorresponding11 citations10.1057/s41287-022-00538-w

Women, Gender, and Development in Africa

2022Book chapterFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/978-3-319-77030-7_63-2

Women, Gender, and Development in Africa

2021Book chapterFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.1007/978-3-030-28099-4_63

An Impact Assessment of Farmer Participation on Food Security in Northwestern Ghana

2021European Journal of Development ResearchJournalSenior author7 citations10.1057/s41287-021-00444-7

Women, Gender, and Development in Africa

2020Book chapterFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.1007/978-3-319-77030-7_63-1

The Ghana Studies Association

2018Ghana StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.3368/gs.21.1.136

Young people’s perspectives on farming in Ghana: a Q study

2017Food SecurityJournalOpen accessSenior author86 citations10.1007/s12571-016-0646-y

Informalising the formal: The conditions of female agency workers in Ghana’s banking sector

2017Contemporary Journal of African StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.4314/contjas.v4i2.3

Developing rural markets for solar products: Lessons from Ghana

2016Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable developmentJournal31 citations10.1016/j.esd.2016.02.003

Informal-formal linkages in market and street trading in Accra

2016African review of economics and financeJournalOpen accessFirst author13 citations

Leveraging national and global links for local rights advocacy: WACAM's challenge to the power of transnational gold mining in Ghana

2014Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développementJournalFirst authorCorresponding19 citations10.1080/02255189.2014.936369

African review of economics and finance

Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement1

How it can be read

52% free to read

Diamond 1 · 3%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 3%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 10%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 10%Free to read, no open licence
Green 7 · 24%A copy in a repository
Closed 14 · 48%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

9 of 29 papers name a funder

World Bank Group3
Government of the United Kingdom2
International Growth Centre2
Irish Aid2
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research2
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1
Department for International Development1
Department for International Development, UK Government1

202072 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Perceptions and Aspirations: A Case Study of Young People in Ghana's Cocoa Sector

IDS Bulletin2

201272 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

The Role of Women's Movements in the Implementation of Gender-Based Violence Laws

Politics & Gender5

202057 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green